Beautification & Design
The Design Committee works to enhance the downtown's physical and visual assets that set the downtown district apart.
Design Committee members from left to right: Clarisa Diaz, Tabatha White, Lucille Poulin, Peter Lione, Randall Simons
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Downtown Wayfinding Map
A community project to assist visitors navigate the downtown district. Insulation crew from left to right: Peter Lione, Phyllis and Reg Young.
The wayfinding map above was created to showcase Downtown Ellsworth offerings and to assist visitors, newcomers, and residents in the exploration of our Main Street district. The map is available for download by clicking the button below. Please check out the life-size version located in the Outdoor Dining Parklet on Franklin Street in downtown Ellsworth and download the PDF below.
TREES ON MAIN STREET
The Design Committee and local volunteers continue this annual beautification effort begun by Norma Beal and Ruth Foster. Trees on Main Street also supports the Green Ellsworth initiative to plant more trees in our city.
We are working to make this program sustainable by replacing some of the flowerpots on Main Street with trees! When these trees reach maturity, they will be permanently planted and become fixtures of the urban landscape.
We're grateful to grow from the roots of these hard-working women who were entrepreneurs and community builders. To make this project a success, we need volunteers to help water the trees. Volunteers water the plants just once during their week. Interested in helping out? Click the button below.
Tabatha White, expert arborist, and a volunteer delivering Trees on Main St.
Holiday Lights on Main Street
Each holiday season the Design Committee lights up downtown Ellsworth thanks to financial support from First National Bank. 38 of Main Street’s iconic lamp posts twinkle in an environmentally sound way with commercial-grade, encased LED marine lights powered by the City of Ellsworth.
