If you could start your own business, what would it be?
Doug Conant, 23, Livermore Falls
“An Italian restaurant, just because my family grew me up with Italian food and I took culinary arts in high school.”
Ron Cole, 71, Standish
“A bookstore. The area needs a bookstore. But if I were to start a bookstore, I’d be concerned about the potential expansion of the major bookstores into this area.”
Kristin Kellermann, 23, Windham
“Skateboard/snowboard shop. That’s my interest. It’s what I love. It’s what I do. I know a lot about it. It would also be good because there’s a skate park in Windham, and Shawnee Peak is only 45 minutes away.”
Sue Delorimier, 63, South Casco
“Family restaurant. I more or less grew up in a restaurant. My mother worked as a waitress/cook at Percy’s on Route 302 in Bridgton. When I was old enough. I waited tables, cooked and helped set up.”
Liana Fusco, 34, Windham
“I was just talking about this with my mother the other day. I would open my own indoor houseplants store. We don’t have any of those stores around. I’d have all kinds. I have tons of plants in my house. I just love them.”
Josh Bell, 11, Standish
“A songwriting business. It would just be really cool to hear my songs sung by a professional band.”
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