Boothbay's window of opportunity to participate in an economy-boosting project is nearing its end, and the effort to raise Boothbay's portion of the production costs, $55,000, is only halfway there.

Getting Away Together is a travel documentary series that has offered to produce a 30-minute segment featuring the Boothbay region. It would air globally on PBS member stations for several years.

Park City, Utah, which was the focus of an earlier segment of the series, reportedly experienced a 10 percent boost to its economy after the show aired.

Audrey Miller, who chairs the Getting Away Boothbay Committee, recently said, “The sand in the hour glass is running out on getting this project completed this year. The plan is for production to begin the last week in September. We are about half way to our goal of $55,000.”  

“Having an Emmy award winning producer want to come here to film a travel documentary of the Boothbay region to be shown on PBS channels across the country and internationally is huge.” Miller also pointed out that the typical PBS viewer matches Boothbay's tourist demographic profile almost perfectly.

“While our state doesn't have a way to help us, we can help ourselves. None of us individually can do this, but, together we can. A big thank you to the businesses and individuals that have gotten on board so far!”

Readers can contribute to the effort at www.gettingawayboothbay.org, drop a check at Cottage Connection, 675 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, or contact members of the committee for more information.

Committee members include: Audrey Miller, 207-633-6545 or audrey@cottageconnection.com; Catherine Fossett, 207-633-2353 or catherine@boothbayharbor.com; Kris Folsom, 207-633-4333, ext. 103 or kfolsom@mainegardens.org; Jim Chaousis, 207-633-2051 or townmanager@townofboothbay.org; Mary Kaler, 207-633-5839 or kalermac@yahoo.com; Ryan Leighton, 207-844-4174 or ryanleighton@bootbayregister.com.