Letter: Maine needs to expand its economy

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 11, 2025

We’ve lost most of our ship building, dairy farming, chicken farming, and fishing, and we’re increasingly dependent on “vacationland” for our income. If the economy goes down, “people from away” are going to stay away, and our former dairy farms, chicken farms, hay farms and mills. In short, nearly every stone in our economic foundation has been abandoned in dependence on money brought in from away. Isn’t it time to start expanding the base of our economic structure? ~ Dr. William Burgess Leavenworth, Searsmont