Campus grounds and recreation at New Gloucester
The Pineland campus gives New Gloucester a year-round mix of building maintenance, trail work and outdoor events on one property. New Gloucester events on the campus fields draw big weekend crowds for races, markets and equestrian shows. A New Gloucester campus set goes on the paved service drive rather than out on the show field. Because the New Gloucester campus keeps its roads open in winter, service continues right through the cold months. Trail crews across the New Gloucester property take one unit at the nearest graveled trailhead lot.
Shaker village visitors and church grounds in New Gloucester
Sabbathday Lake brings tour buses and museum visitors into New Gloucester from late spring through the foliage season. New Gloucester event sets near the village stay well back from the historic buildings and out of photographs. A New Gloucester church fair or meetinghouse gathering usually takes two standard units for a single weekend. Because the New Gloucester village grounds are largely lawn, everything goes on the graveled parking edge. New Gloucester weekend drops arrive Friday afternoon and come off the site first thing Monday.
Commuter house lots around New Gloucester
Cleared lots along the New Gloucester ridges are steadily filling with houses for people working down in the city. A New Gloucester builder keeps one standard unit from foundation through the final punch list. New Gloucester drives run long and raw during construction, so the set goes near the town road end. Clay and shallow ledge under New Gloucester make excavation slow and the crews large. A New Gloucester winter build keeps service as long as the owner plows a path to the unit. Frost heave through a New Gloucester winter will cant a unit, so level gets rechecked at every stop.