LIVERMORE FALLS – The town will hold a public hearing Monday to discuss a $400,000 state grant application to rehabilitate the Lamb Block, the oldest building in town, into a medical clinic and retail space.

The public hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. June 27 at the town office.

Developers Collaborative of Portland and Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington are working on construction of the hospital’s medical arts building on Main Street. The town, acting as a fiscal agent for the project, applied for a $350,000 state grant to help with the cost of the project.

I’ts being asked to do the same for the Lamb Block on Depot Street, with an application to Communities for Maine’s Future, which is part of a state bond program.

The developers and hospital officials are interested in the building, which is owned by Kenny Jacques of Livermore Falls, developer Kevin Bunker said Thursday.

The two projects are back-to-back on property that also houses the Chuck Wagon Restaurant.

The plan, if the grant is received, is to completely rehabilitate the Lamb Block for a third-floor medical clinic and first-floor retail space, Bunker said. An elevator would be installed.

“I think it is a great downtown revitalization project,” Bunker said.

The Lamb Block at 10-16 Depot St. was built in the 1880s, he said.

The downtown has faced some challenges over the years, Bunker said, and this would be a great opportunity to revitalize it.

Comments on the proposal may be submitted in writing to Town Manager Kristal Flagg at 2 Main St., Livermore Falls, time prior to the hearing.

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