“It was the potential for me and my husband to start a business that convinced us to move here. We visited the area often to visit family for holidays and special occasions and loved how relaxing the lifestyle was – especially in contrast to the cities we had lived in.

Building our home in the country near family, establishing fruit trees, vegetable gardens, chickens, and ducks on our own land, and raising our family with an abundance of safety, freedom and free time is an incredible opportunity. We had three children when we moved here but living here also made it easier for us to grow our family with our fourth child.

Opening a fine dining restaurant in downtown Houlton and also continuing my profession as a consultant has been possible because of this community. The risk in starting a business, or taking over an existing business, is lower here than anywhere else we’ve been. For us, moving to the Houlton area meant working to live, rather than living to work. We’ve never looked back!”