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The Orono Economic Development Corporation entrusted NOD with the construction of the Caribou Bog Trail Center. NOD renovated the former Taylor Bait buildings as the Caribou Bog Outdoor Center (CBOC), a four-season, public outdoor center. The building is located off the Taylor Road in Orono and is centrally located within the Caribou Bog Conservation Area (CBCA), a nearly 7,000-acre corridor of conservation lands and extensive trails extending from the Bangor City Forest north to Old Town. The new Center will enhance the overall “experience” for Nordic skiers, mountain bikers, birder watchers, runners/walkers, and the public.

The Center provides family users an indoor facility to change, sit, picnic, and socialize, and the lower building will be used for equipment storage and ski waxing/bike tuning. The venue is designed for meetings, functions, and educational programming, with expanded parking adjacent to the new Center. Nickerson & O’Day, Inc. of Brewer was the General Contractor and the Orono Land Trust (OLT) and the Penobscot Valley Ski Club (PVSC) are partners in the interim operation of the Center. OLT owns, manages, and/or maintains most of the lands supporting the trail system, whereas PVSC provides all the equipment used for winter trail ski trail grooming. It is very successful “team effort”!

Once the project was complete NOD surprised the folks of Caribou Bog with a sizable donation to help fund the operation of the facility for years to come.

More information about the project can be found at the link below:

https://www.orono.org/842/Caribou-Bog-Outdoor-Center