Patrick Wright, executive director of Gardiner Main Street, said higher quality businesses are coming to the city’s downtown.

Justin Morin muds the ceiling of the future Gardiner Food Co-op & Cafe on Water Street in Gardiner last week.

A worker fixes a window in the former restaurant building on Water Street that the Johnson family recently purchased.

The former KeyBank building in Gardiner that the Johnson family has purchased and where a general store and private club is planned.