Town of New Gloucester

What Town of New Gloucester does

The Town of New Gloucester is a municipal government entity located in New Gloucester, Maine, founded in 1774 and operating under Maine state law. It administers core municipal services through a network of departments including Town Hall, Fire & Rescue, Library, Parks & Recreation, Public Works, Planning, Code Enforcement, Animal Control, Assessing, and Transfer Station operations. The entity is governed by a Select Board plus multiple elected and appointed boards and committees (Planning Board, Board of Appeals, Finance Committee, CIP Committee, Library Board of Trustees, Economic and Community Development Committee, Environmental Resources Committee, and others), and it serves residents, property owners, and businesses located within the town's geographic jurisdiction.

Service delivery combines in-person operations at the Town Hall headquarters (385 Intervale Rd., operating Monday 10:00am-7:00pm, Tuesday and Wednesday 8:00am-5:00pm, Thursday 7:00am-4:00pm, closed Fridays) with a digital self-service portal supporting online tax payments, licensing and registrations, document access, and live-streamed municipal meetings. Communication and outreach channels consist of the official municipal website (newgloucester.com), an official Facebook page, and Community Access Television broadcasts of public meetings. The town maintains mutual partnerships with the Greater Portland Council of Governments for joint planning and inter-municipal coordination, MSAD #15 (Maine School Administrative District #15) for school-related referendums and shared facilities, and the New Gloucester Water District for utility services.

As a municipal government, the Town of New Gloucester does not operate a traditional commercial revenue or pricing model. Funding derives from property taxes, state and federal allocations, and various local fees, with online tax payment available through the municipal website. The entity has no venture capital, private equity, or public ownership structure; control is exercised entirely through elected officials and appointed board members representing the community. The town has committed to WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility compliance for its web properties, and a Charter document was adopted on 11/08/2022. Reported employee count is 1-10, which appears to undercount a typical full-service municipal workforce and likely reflects a data-capture limitation rather than actual staffing.

Name

Town of New Gloucester

Legal name

Town of New Gloucester

Website

https://newgloucester.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1774

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Town of New Gloucester is a municipal government in Maine, founded in 1774, providing core public services including public safety, public works, library, parks and recreation, planning, code enforcement, and waste management to its residents, property owners, and local businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (92216), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Housing Programs (925110)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAF

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIACAI

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

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Solid Waste & Recycling Services Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

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Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Waste management services
• Public safety services
• Community recreation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

New Gloucester

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Town of New Gloucester provides municipal government services to its residents and property owners in New Gloucester, Maine. Its core offerings include Town Hall administration, public safety (Fire & Rescue), code enforcement, assessing and taxation, public works, animal control, a public library, parks and recreation programs, a transfer station for waste management, and online services for tax payments and licensing.

Product overview

Town of New Gloucester operates as a traditional municipal government offering a comprehensive suite of public services organized across multiple departments. The town's digital presence consists of a municipal website providing online access to government services including Town Hall functions, public library services, parks and recreation, online tax payment, and meeting broadcasts. Services are delivered through a centralized structure of departments and committees, with no product-based platform architecture.

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Products and services

• Municipal Government Services Core municipal services including Town Hall operations, animal control, assessing, code enforcement, fire and rescue, general assistance, public works, town clerk, and transfer station services for residents and property owners.
• Public Library Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional collaboration with GPCOG for joint planning initiatives, goals and priorities workshops, and inter-municipal coordination on environmental resources and community development matters. The town participates in Select Board workshops with GPCOG for strategic planning purposes.
• MSAD #15 (Maine School Administrative District #15)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional school district serving New Gloucester and surrounding communities. Town elections include MSAD #15 budget referendums and school board elections. Joint facilities include Memorial School gym for Annual Town Meeting.
• New Gloucester Water DistrictcoreOthersMunicipal water utility operates as a separate district providing water services to town residents. Water District Trustees meet monthly at the Meetinghouse. Elections include Water District Trustee positions.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• City of Lewiston, Maine: Larger Maine municipality in the same Androscoggin County providing a much broader municipal services portfolio. Comparable functional departments but at significantly greater scale and staffing.
• Town of Scarborough, Maine: Cumberland County Maine municipality with comparable departmental structure but larger scale and budget. Shares the same regional planning context and demographic growth pressures as New Gloucester.

Direct peers

• Town of Freeport, Maine: Cumberland County municipal peer offering the same departmental structure (Town Hall, Fire, Library, Parks & Rec, Public Works) funded through comparable property-tax and fee mechanisms; sits within the same GPCOG planning region.
• Town of Gray, Maine: Adjacent Maine municipality of similar scale and rural-suburban character. Operates the same suite of departments (Town Hall, Fire/Rescue, Library, Parks & Rec, Public Works, Transfer Station) under comparable New England select-board governance.
• Town of Durham, Maine: Androscoggin County rural-suburban town offering the same municipal services portfolio; shares the MSAD #75 school district linkage analogous to New Gloucester's MSAD #15 partnership.
• Town of Poland, Maine: Androscoggin County Maine town operating parallel municipal functions (Fire/Rescue, Transfer Station, Library, Parks & Rec) with similar small-government staffing patterns and select-board structure.
• Town of Cumberland, Maine: Neighboring Maine town providing analogous municipal services to a similar residential/property-tax-funded community. Comparable service breadth and small-town governance model in the same GPCOG region as New Gloucester.

Others

• Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG): Regional inter-municipal coordination body that New Gloucester actively partners with. Functions as a shared-services consortium relevant to the company's regional planning and inter-municipal collaboration model.
• Maine Municipal Association (MMA): Statewide trade association for Maine municipalities offering legal, training, risk management and legislative services. Comparable governance scale and similar statutory framework applying to all member municipalities including New Gloucester.

Regional players

• Town of Pownal, Maine: Smaller neighboring Maine municipality operating a stripped-down municipal structure with comparable select-board governance and contract-based service delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/new-gloucester-news

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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Investments

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