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FREEPORT The Freeport Town Council wants to make the downtown more resilient in the face of a changing retail landscape under the COVID-19 pandemic
Downtown Freeport is dominated by outlet stores, L.L. Bean’s sprawling retail campus, restaurants and hotels.
“Historically for the last 20, 30 years, Freeport has been very dependent on retail shopping as its kind of primary economic engine,” said Town Councilor Dan Piltch “I think what we’re looking to do is diversify that and say what other things can we have here in Freeport to attract people?”
“E-commerce has affected the way people shop,” said Town Councilor Tawni Whitney, adding that one method to bring more people downtown could be by moving toward “experiential shopping.”