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Posted September 3, 2016

Updated September 3, 2016

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Colby freshmen see downtown Waterville on the cusp of change

Several members of the Colby College class of 2020 toured downtown on Saturday as part of their freshman orientation.

By STAFF REPORT

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Rosemary Winslow, center, gives a tour of downtown Waterville on Saturday to a group of Colby College freshmen during their orientation. Staff photo by Michael G. Seamans

WATERVILLE — Colby College freshmen toured downtown Waterville on Saturday to get their bearings in a part of the city that is likely to change so much that they might need another tour of it by the time they graduate.

The college expects to build a dormitory and retail space in The Concourse, it has bought other buildings for redevelopment, and it hired a full-time director of commercial real estate last spring. Also, other entrepreneurs have bought existing buildings with the intention of upgrading them or removing them for new construction.

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