The Town of West Paris will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 at 5:00pm at the West Paris Town Office in the meeting room to discuss acceptance of a Public Infrastructure CDBG Grant. The purpose of the grant is to replace the current water storage reservoir and associated piping, replace a critical river crossing, and the transmission main from the reservoir to the river crossing to comply with a MDWP Administrative Order. The district will also seek to locate and develop a secondary water supply.  Public comments will be solicited at this Hearing and will be submitted as part of the Project Development Phase.  All persons wishing to make comments or ask questions about the acceptance of these funds are invited to attend this Public Hearing.  Comments may be submitted in writing to: Joy Downing, Town of West Paris, 25 Kingsbury Street, West Paris ME 04289 at any time prior to the Public Hearing.  TDD/TTY users may call 711.  If you are physically unable to access any of the Town’s programs or services, please call (207) 728-2701 so that accommodations can be made. 

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• Joy Downing, Town Manager
• TownManager@westparisme.com
• (207) 728-2701

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You may also click the link below to complete the survey:

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Monday, October 12th, 2026 - The West Paris Town Office will be closed due to the Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 at 8am.

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 - The West Paris Town Office will be closed for regular business due to all staff assisting with the Election. We will reopen for regular business on Wednesday, November 4th, 2026 at 8am.

Wednesday, November 11th, 2026 - The West Paris Town Office will be closed due to the Veterans Day holiday. We will reopen on Thursday, November 12th, 2026 at 10am.

Thursday, November 26th, 2026 & Friday, November 27th, 2026 - The West Paris Town Office will be closed for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. We will reopen on Monday, November 30th, 2026 at 8am.

Thursday, December 24th, 2026 & Friday, December 25th, 2026 - The West Paris Town Office will be closed for the Christmas Eve & Christmas Day holiday. We will reopen on Monday, December 28th, 2026 at 8am.

Thursday, December 31st, 2026 - The West Paris Town Office will be closing at 12pm on this day to complete end of year reporting.

Do you live, work, or spend a lot of time in West Paris? CEBE is conducting a Vulnerability Assessment for the Town of West Paris. Although it is called a “vulnerability” assessment, it’s more of an assessment of the town’s strengths and needs to develop recommendations for community resilience.

You can help West Paris become more resilient to extreme weather and other climate impacts and win a $100 Hannaford gift card!

Join us for a community forum Sat, Oct. 3rd, 10-11 am, at the West Paris Town Office (25 Kingsbury Street) and on Zoom. All are welcome, and free snacks will be provided! Feel free to join the forums. Each forum attended will enter you into a raffle for a $100 Hannaford gift card.

Saturday, October 3rd, 10-11 am

• Click here to register
• Click here to join the Zoom meeting

This assessment will include gathering historical weather and environmental data, populations/census data, and infrastructure data. It will also include a community-wide survey, stakeholder interviews, and community forums. At the end of the assessment, we will write up a detailed report with our findings and recommendations for community resilience projects. Through this assessment process, we will also be funded to help West Paris write another Community Action Grant to implement recommendations at no cost to the town! Each assessment is different depending on the interests and needs of the community.

If transportation or funding are barriers for you joining these forums, please reach out, and we will do our best to ensure you can participate.

If you are not available to join for these forums but would still like to help out and be entered into the raffle for the $100 Hannaford gift card, you can fill out the West Paris Vulnerability Assessment Survey!

We hope you will join us! For questions or more information, reach out to resilience@ecologybasedeconomy.org or 207-739-2101.