Portland Press Herald
MAINE REPORTS: 'Eco-resort community' proposed
By PPH Staff
March 30, 2008

WINTER HARBOR — The owner of 3,300 acres of undeveloped land that abuts the entrance to the Schoodic Point section of Acadia National Park is exploring development of an "eco-resort community."

Two closed-door meetings were held Monday with officials from Winter Harbor and Gouldsboro to discuss a proposal to develop the parcel owned by Bruno Modena of Milan, Italy, doing business as the Winter Harbor Holding Co.

Among those attending were Winter Harbor First Selectman Diana Young, Winter Harbor Town Manager Roger Barto, Gouldsboro Town Manager Yvonne Wilkinson, Gouldsboro First Selectman Dana Rice and John Fuhrman, code enforcement officer for both towns.

Also participating were state Sen. Dennis Damon, D-Hancock County, and state Rep. Ted Koffman, D-Bar Harbor.

The meetings were requested by Mike Saxl, who was Speaker of the House in the Legislature from 2000 to 2002, before becoming a principal of Main Street Solutions, an Augusta-based public affairs and consulting firm is affiliated with the Verrill Dana law firm of Portland and Augusta.