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The resolution came on the heels of a public meeting in which RESTORE officials explained their proposal to turn land surrounding Greenville into a national park and preserve. No one at the meeting, which was attended by more than 200 people, spoke in favor of the park proposal. In the resolution that will be submitted to the congressional delegation, the five-member Board of Selectmen noted that the town's economy is driven by a combination of wood products industries and tourism. The selectmen wrote that the major landowners and the region's residents have been good stewards of the North Maine Woods over the centuries and that the land is still viable for both the woods industry and for recreation. As for losses to be suffered locally from a park-preserve proposal, the officials in this gateway community to the North Maine Woods pointed to an erosion of the tax base, the burden of additional services that would be required of the town in the park's operation, such as fire protection and police coverage, and fewer jobs.
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