
Welcome to
the Villages
of Piscataquis County
website.
Our audio driving tour highlights the
history and cultural heritage that make our region unique. Please join us for two-hour tours
encompassing an East
Loop and West
Loop through the region.
The entire tour spans 134 miles and guides travelers to our beautiful Villages signs at
key points along your route.
The audio also provides
information about sights along the tour, as well as music performed by local
artists.
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The First Guided Bus Tour
on July 22, 2010
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The bus
The Derby
Moses
Pencil - Brownville
ePencil Sign
Brownville Town Office
Bus CB
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Doing it the Piscataquis County Way Developed for the Penquis
Leadership Institute’s 2006 class project, it was very important from the beginning that this project would
be a showcase of local
talents and resources, and a project that kept all funding circulating within the local
economy. The writing, audio production, sign production, website design – everything involved with
the Villages of Piscataquis County project was accomplished in Piscataquis County through the efforts of
local volunteers and the use of funding to hire the talented people who choose to live
here.
The Piscataquis County Economic Development Council considers nature-based, historical and cultural heritage
tourism to be a vital part of the local economy. As such, they have formed a permanent subcommittee, the
Piscataquis Tourism Development Authority, to serve as the umbrella organization for several tourism initiatives in
the region. The PTDA provides networking, guidance and funding to several projects, including the Villages of
Piscataquis County Audio Tours. Other projects falling under this umbrella that may be of interest to visitors
include the Great Maine Woods and Waters Tour (http://catalog.themainehighlands.com/cart/category/0/Welcome/) and A
Waterfall Guide to Southern Piscataquis County (http://www.piscataquischamber.com/waterfall_guide.asp).
Piscataquis County is unique in its approach to
economic development. While most towns have their own economic development officer or agency, here in
Piscataquis we find that a regional approach works best. That attitude, summed up as, “A rising tide raises
all ships,” is so unique, in fact, that it was featured in an article in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
publication “Communities & Banking” in spring of 2007.
To learn more about this regional approach, view the entire article
at http://www.bos.frb.org/commdev/c&b/2007/spring/article2.pdf
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Get Your Copy Of The Audio
Tour

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