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Governor Mills Applauds Economic Development Efforts, New Hospital Construction in Piscataquis County

PISCATAQUIS COUNTY – During meetings today with business, health, and community leaders across Piscataquis County, Governor Janet Mills applauded their efforts to strengthen economic development and improve access to health care in rural communities. She pledged that her Administration would continue to be a partner for Maine’s rural communities to improve quality of life for their residents and ensure that they remained great places to live, work, and raise a family.

The Governor this afternoon convened a roundtable discussion with the Maine Highlands Working Communities Challenge Team in Dover-Foxcroft to receive an update on their efforts to strengthen economic development across Piscataquis, Somerset, and Penobscot Counties.

The Maine Highlands Team was recently awarded a three-year, $375,000 grant through the Maine Working Communities Challenge, a partnership between the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Mills…

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