SACO — A new pocket park offers downtown visitors a peaceful place to relax.

Local downtown economic development group Saco Main Street, with the help of several sponsors and the City of Saco, recently developed a piece of unused land on the U. S. Post Office property, adjacent to the post office building on Main Street.

The small piece of land boasts newly laid sod, bright flowers in large planters and a few benches. A walkway was made of bricks taken from city’s “brick graveyard” and sorted by volunteers, said Saco Main Street Executive Director Rob Biggs.
“It’s certainly a great spot. Enjoy it,” Biggs said at a ribbon cutting for the downtown park on Wednesday.

Local donors included York County Council of the Maine Association of REALTORS, Saco and Biddeford Savings Institution, Bill and Mary Johnson, Gary Gobiel of Gobiel Enterprises and Curt Scamman of Scamman Sod Farm.

Saco Main Street President and District 31 State Senator Justin Chenette, who also works at the Journal Tribune as a digital advertising executive, said one of the goals of the park is to help get people downtown and linger awhile by providing a place to enjoy a snack or relax after visiting downtown businesses.
— Staff Writer Liz Gotthelf can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 325 or egotthelf@journaltribune.com.