DAILY BULLDOG • July 31, 2025
Robert (Bob) L. Berry III, P.E., has sold a majority stake of Main-Land Development Consultants, Inc., to the employees of the company. In 2023, Main-Land formed an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP), an entity owned collaboratively by the company employees. In June 2025, the ESOP closed on the purchase of a controlling quantity of Main-Land shares. Main-Land is now owned and operated by the staff. Darryl N. Brown formed the company in 1974. In 2011, Bob Berry purchased the company. Since then, the company as grown to include offices in Livermore Falls, Falmouth, and Newport, Maine. Main-Land provides friendly land consulting services, including civil engineering, land surveying, and environmental sciences.