(Lamoine) — So, where is Lamoine headed? That’s the question Selectmen explored with invited town officials and the general public in May at a session facilitated by Ron Beard of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service.

In response to a questionnaire mailed ahead of time, town boards, employees and volunteers identified areas they wished to discuss. The responses were boiled down to six areas for discussion: Infrastructure, staffing, board support, public information, land use & planning issues, and general government structure.

With those areas identified, the two hour discussion proved beneficial and informative if for no other reason than to have most of the various boards and volunteers represented and listening to each other. Attendees got to hear an update on the school building committee’s progress, how subdivisions are impacting the community, and even a bit about the structure of town government and recent efforts to change it.

The meeting produced no concrete results, but did give the Selectmen a direction in which to start to set a long range plan into motion. In July, the Board will start to form a committee to produce a long range planning document. That committee will look at the various items listed out in the six identified categories and try to make a priority list by mid October. The various priority questions will be disseminated to the appropriate boards in place, and the Selectmen should then have an idea of how to proceed toward a final long range plan for the town.