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Regional Coordination

Overview

Ogunquit, with four-and one-half square miles and fewer than 2,000 residents, is a small town surrounded by much larger communities. It has always made fiscal sense to coordinate with other towns, especially to improve purchasing power and to efficiently utilize resources. In addition, Ogunquit and its neighbors share many of the same risks and opportunities, such as the dangers of sea level rise and the advantages and disadvantages of the seasonal tourism cycle.

Regional Partnerships

  • The Ogunquit River Watershed Because the Ogunquit River Watershed drains from South Berwick, York, Wells and Ogunquit, it has been critical to engage these neighbors to work together to improve the water quality of the Ogunquit River, which flows into the Estuary in Wells and Ogunquit. Ogunquit also works with the Healthy Rivers Ogunquit (HeRO) organization to help improve the water quality of the river.
  • Ogunquit is an active participant in the Piping Ploverand Least Terns Recovery Project, taking great pride in the growing number of nesting plovers over the past few
  • The Town partners with Maine Healthy Beaches toregularly collect water quality samples at various points along the estuary and beaches.
  • Ogunquitalso partners with its neighbors in the
Southern Maine Navigator pilot for home weatherization and stormwater runoff action plans.
  • Great Works Regional Land Trust works with the Town to identify and purchase landparcels available for purchase and Recently, residents voted to contribute $300,000 for the purchase of the Old Boston land on North Village Road in Ogunquit and Boston Road in York.
  • Ogunquit works closely with Southern Maine Planning and Development Commissionand KACTS on many issues, such as the Climate Ready Coast Economic Resilience
  • Ogunquit isa member of the Maine Municipal
  • TheOgunquit Trolley system overlaps with the Shoreline Explorer
  • Ogunquit is a member of the Community Resiliency Partnership which gives the Town access to grants to reduce carbon emissions, transition to clean energy, and become more resilient to climate change effects such as extreme storms, flooding, rising sea levels, public health
  • Ogunquit has been a member of the Wells Ogunquit School District since its incorporation in
  • The Ogunquit Police Department has an officer assigned to the elementary school in Wells who is the School Resource Officer for our school
  • Ogunquit purchases much of its water from the Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells Water District, and elects board
  • The Ogunquit Regional Fire Training Facility provides a site for training firefighters from southern
  • Both the Police and Firefighters are members of the local area Mutual Aid System of six The Fire Department is also a member of the Seacoast Chief Fire Officers Mutual Aid District, which is a municipal
corporation registered with the State of New Hampshire, comprised of fire and rescue departments of fifty-one (52) cities and towns across the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusets. The membership includes full-time, on-call, combination, and volunteer fire departments as well as four (4) associate member agencies for a total of fifty-five (55) member agencies. The District provides mutual aid to any member requesting it in times of major emergencies. The District maintains and supports numerous valuable assets such as three SCBA support trailers capable of filling air cylinders, as well as a mobile command post that is often utilized by fire, EMS, and law enforcement agencies at large-scale events. The District also maintains a regional hazardous materials response team and a type two incident management team.
The Ogunquit Police and Fire Departments are members of the local area Mutual Aid System of six communities.
  • Also, Ogunquit utilizes the Town of York as our Public Safety answering Point (PSAP) for 9-1-1 emergency call management.
  • Dispatch services are handled through the Town of Wells and includes Fire, Police, DPW, Visitor Services, and
  • The Public Works Department has joined neighbors in a regional bulk purchasing program for items such as road sand and
  • The Public Works Department has joined neighbors in a regional bulk purchasing program for items such as road sand and
  • The Town also uses regional and state purchasing agreements for office supplies.
  • Ogunquit is a member of York County Emergency Management, which provides access to personnel, equipment, planning, and expertise in responses to emergencies, storms, or major events.
The Ogunquit Police and Fire Departments are members of the local area Mutual Aid System of six communities.
This Comprehensive Plan also sets strategies for reaching out for more engagement:
  • A Transportation Strategy looks to examine further opportunities for the delivery of services, such as ways to link the trolley system with the Wells Transportation Center, to connect with Amtrak and the Greyhound bus
  • An Economic Development Strategy encourages the Town to participate in any regional economic development planning and purchasing efforts.
  • A Housing Strategy seeks to coordinate with regional housing authorities and initiatives to address affordable and workplace housing
  • A new Public Facilities Strategy aims to investigate further participation in purchasing and shared services agreements.
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