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Sustainable Tourism Management Task Force

  • Townofbarharbor
  • 1. Target travelers 2. Reduce number of 3. Improve the small-town 4. Focus on aligned to Bar Harbor’s vehicles experience for residents resident quality community values and visitors of life
  • 5. Adopt a sustainable 6. Align public business model policy Resident Quality of Life * Some background - Some big issues are covered elsewhere in the strategy (e.g., vehicle management, transportation, business model); others are in the Bar Harbor 2035 Comprehensive Pian (e.g., housing, infrastructure investments) and Vision Zero Plan - Residents are concerned about maintaining Bar Harbor’s small town feeling and ensuring that Bar Harbor maintains “livability” - Residents need to have access to goods (e.g., groceries) and services (e.g., repairs, emergency) on MDI - Tourism provides public and private investments for the Town that improve quality of life . Objectives for resident quality of life in the Sustainable Tourism Management Strategy?
  • Barharborsustainabletourismmanagementstrategy

Where this came from

Bar Harbor Agenda Center
The town's own agenda, 44 pages. The outline above is read from the first pages of that document; the packet behind it has the memos and exhibits. Links open in a new tab.

The summary and transcript follow the meeting, once reviewed.