WHITEWATER RAFTING

Wendy Polstein, NEOC Owner

Wendy is a Registered Maine Whitewater Guide and while she does a very limited amount of guiding these days due to three small children, but she is heavily involved with the River Drivers Restaurant coordinating weddings, family reunions and corporate groups for all meals, lodging and activities.

She lives in Millinocket with her husband and co-owner Matt and three children Max, Sam and Annie and three labs. In her "spare" time she likes to hike, plan new building projects, pick berries, swim, boat and generally just enjoy this beautiful area.

Matthew Polstein

Living in the Katahdin region, our future is directly tied to the accessibility and quality of the Northern Maine Forest and the viability of the many businesses large and small that seek to use it sustainably. I am currently a commission member on the Maine Tourism Commission; a member of the Governor’s Task Force on Natural Resource based Industries, as well as a member of Governor’s Nature-Based Tourism Initiative Task Force. I am also a member of the Governor’s Council on Quality of Place.

We are currently working on a resort and real estate development project on 1400 acres of spectacular land, adjacent to roughly 1,000,000 acres of conservation land including Baxter State Park, which we acquired in December of 2005. The project, for which we received a unanimous rezoning approval from Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission, includes an 80-room lodge, 35 resort homes and a village centered live workspace with an agricultural center and up to 46 private homes.

The project is targeted to be a LEED certified project that provides a model for sensitive, appropriate development on the fringe of Maine’s 10 million acre working forest. We are exploring opportunities to partner with a green certified cogeneration facility and or to develop wind power at the site.