The Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce is known as a resource for information and engages in many activities throughout the year to accommodate the needs of the business members. It also engages in community programs that provide a value and benefit to those who desire to maintain a quality of life that is superior to other areas of Maine, New England and the United States.
The tranquility of living in a four-season area that brings us nature at its best throughout the bloom of spring with the growth of colorful flowers, green grass, blue waters, and sunny days is truly enjoyable. The summer season hosts warm days for golfing, fishing, boating, hiking, bicycling and family picnics. And swimming in the clear waters of our mountain lakes is a treasure for those who live in and visit our area. Clear, crisp, colorful fall days with the warm autumn sun is wonderful for those who enjoy attending agricultural fairs, apple picking, hiking trails and shopping and are events that welcome residents, students, visitors and sports enthusiasts to the area. Winter, with its own magic, entices shoppers, skiers, snowmobilers, ice fishermen and ice skaters who embark on our area to enjoy the snowflakes that fall and partake in the Holiday Season as well as the local Winter Carnivals on the lakes in the Region.
The Sebago Lakes area offers a choice of accommodations, restaurants, shops, community programs and farmer’s markets. Popular tourist attractions are the Songo River Queen, the Songo Locks, fishing for landlocked salmon on Sebago Lake, the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, and the Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, to name a few. Sebago Lake is the second largest lake in Maine, second only to Moosehead Lake. Sunset cruises, sailing schools, seaplane rides, minature golf and camping are popular vacation amenities in the Region.
Tourism in the Area
Tourism is a major program of the SLRCC, not just during the summer season but year-round as visitors come to our area for many reasons – to vacation; to conduct business in the area; to attend local school programs at our area public and private schools, as well as colleges in the area; to relocate their families to the area if an employee has transferred within a business. The many phone calls, emails, letters and visits to the Chamber Office occur on a daily basis, seven days per week, as the Chamber is a resource of information for those who come into the Sebago Lakes Region throughout the year.
Chamber Business and Pleasure Guide
The Chamber annually produces a Business and Pleasure Guide of the business members who list their business by category type and place their name, address, email info, web site, phone numbers, colorful ads and contact names within the booklet. As a community service the SLRCC also lists community information such as Houses of Worship, Area Community Events by Date and Location, local Town Information for the seven towns served by the Chamber, a Regional Map, and Local Environmental Contact Info.
In addition, community events are published such as Chamber Information on the fundraisers held throughout the year, the Scholarship Program for Students with a need to receive funding who are seeking a College Degree and plan on returning to the Sebago Lakes Region and start or work for a local business, Library Information and other local business highlights for general public information.
This booklet is distributed throughout the State of Maine to other Chambers of Commerce, to the Maine Tourism Association’s Information Centers in Kittery, Yarmouth and Fryburg, to organizations who contact the Chamber and have a need to know what our community has to offer, to visitors from all over the world who are seeking information about our Region.
Chamber Information Booths
During the summer season the SLRCC opens two Information Booths daily – in Windham located at 911 Roosevelt Trail, co-located on the Allied Real Estate property near White’s Bridge Road, and in Naples located at 1010 Roosevelt Trail, on the Village Green, near the Town Hall and Post Office. Located within these booths are business and community brochures, restaurant menus, historical pictures of the area, maps of the area and hiking/biking trail maps, media press releases detailing local events of the Chamber, the Chamber bi-monthly newsletter, Chamber pictures of current events, local phone directories and many other documents pertinent to the Region.
Business members and the community residents are encouraged to stop by the Booths to obtain information regarding the area and to pick up the brochures of the members of the Chamber. The SLRCC is also a member of the Western Maine Lakes and Mountains Region and we are listed in their Information Guide with our area information being listed as well as our website being linked to the www.gotravelmaine.com site.
If you are interested in learning more about the Chamber programs please contact the Chamber Office at 892-8265, or stop by the Chamber Business Office located at 816 Roosevelt Trail in Windham.
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