Goals include increasing visibility and increasing the reasons why people would want to take that step down from Main Street. Ideas include bringing in a gathering space. “It has great bones. It’s just time for a refreshed vision,” he said. Wilder and has team have begun discussions with the town, plan to meet with the general community and businesses, and are looking at steps such as creating more green space at the shopping center, exploring other retail operators that aren’t representing in Freeport, and converting some space to food, beverage and perhaps events such as music and poetry slams. There’s also an eye toward repurposing the former Nordica Theatre that’s part of the complex, perhaps for multipurpose use such as community and corporate events.
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