Schedule for the Kotlas Mayor's Visit

Kotlas - Waterville Area
Sister City Connection
P.O. Box 1747
Waterville, ME 04903-1747
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Schedule for the Mayor's Visit

Arrival in Portland, ME.
Visits to Eartha, the world's largest globe, at the headquarters of the DeLorme mapping company in and the Freeport Big Indian.
Potluck dinner with Kotlas Connection Executive Committee and host families.

Walking tour of downtown Waterville and discussion of Waterville Main Street, a non-profit corporation that follows a comprehensive and incremental approach to downtown revitalization.
Visit to Waterville Foreign Trade Zone on Airport Rd. and flyover of Greater Waterville.
Luncheon with the Waterville Rotary Club and program presented by Kotlas Connection Co-chair Phil Gonyar and Russian guests.
Meeting with directors of the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments and Central Maine Growth Council. (KVCOG supports and expands the capabilities of local governments to provide economic opportunities. CMGC is a public-private partnership dedicated to collaborative economic development in Greater Waterville.)
Interview at the Morning Sentinel, Waterville's daily newspaper, and photo op at the "Welcome to Waterville" sign at the Waterville-Winslow bridge.

Tour of Waterville City Hall and meeting with Waterville mayor Paul LePage.
Reception for our guests in the REM Forum at the Center with city officials, regional governmental leaders, area politicians, business leaders.
Meetings with Waterville city officials on the structure of city government, the city budget, economic development, and city planning and zoning.
Visit to the former Hathaway Shirt Factory on Water Street to watch the filming of a scene for the forthcoming motion picture Empire Falls.
Tour of Waterville's recently renovated and expanded fire station.

Visit to FirstPark, a business and technology Super Park in Oakland supported by the collaboration of 24 area communities.
Visit to Hammond Lumber in Belgrade, including the lumber yard, pre-staining yard, saw mill, kiln, planer, drafting, and retail store and showroom.
Tour of Waterville-Winslow Recycling Facility, which is operated by Ken-a-Set, a nonprofit organization that provides vocation opportunities for the handicapped.
Tour of Head of Falls in Waterville and discussion of development plans. Visit to the historic Two Cent Bridge and dedication of the Kotlas Memorial Birches.
Visit to L.L. Bean's Customer Contact Center in Waterville, which takes order and customer service calls for L.L. Bean, a major outdoor clothing and sporting goods company based in Maine. The call center is an example of a service industry's replacing lost manufacturing jobs.
Cookout on Little North Pond in Rome, ME.

Visit to the capitol and state museum in Augusta; meeting with state Sen. Ken Gagnon of Waterville.
Lunch with Legislators, state officials and members of the Archangel Committee of Greater Portland.
Meetings with representatives of the Maine International Trade Center and Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
Visit to Bacon Farm Maple Products, a maple syrup farm in Sidney.
Public reception in the REM Forum at the Center.

Visits to Mid-Maine Technical Center in Waterville and Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield to learn about vocational education.
Visit to the Thomas M. Teague Biotechnology Park in Fairfield, a 22-acre site housing a state-of-the-art biotechnology center, an incubator for new biotechnology businesses.
Lobster dinner with host families and the Kotlas Connection's Executive Committee.

Train trip from Portland, ME to Boston, MA. Walking tour and visit to historic sites in Boston.