New downtown businesses springing up - The Ellsworth American
New downtown businesses springing up ELLSWORTH — After a long pandemic winter, spring is inching its way into Ellsworth’s downtown streets. Flowers may not yet be blooming apart from inside The Bud Connection, but merchants are betting on a booming business climate as Memorial Day nears. By the time the traditional opening of the tourist season arrives, downtown will look a little different — and noticeably busier — thanks to several new businesses opening or relocating to downtown streets. For many, an architectural anchor of Main Street is the Beals buildings that sat empty for mont...