Maine’s first Asian American Community Center gets approval [Video]

PLANNERS AND PROJECT ORGANIZERS.. TO SHOW US WHERE IT WILL BE BUILT. <TALIA STANDUP> THIS FORESTED AREA YOU SEE BEHIND ME.. WILL BE THE LOCATION OF MAINE’S FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER.. IT’S IN WESTBROOK.. OFF OF CUMBERLAND STREET, RIGHT ACROSS FROM WILLOUGHBY FARM. <VO> THE PROJECT PLANS SHOW 3 BUILDINGS ON ROUGHLY 30 ACRES OF LAND. THE GRASSROOTS CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY GROUP.. KHMER MAINE.. IS PARTNERING WITH THE CAMBODIAN BUDDHIST WATT SAMAKI TEMPLE.. TO BUILD ON THIS LAND. <SOT MARPHEEN CHANN / KHMER MAINE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR> 13;34 “WE ARE MAINERS AS WELL JUST LIKE THE FRENCH AMERICAN, IRISH AMERICAN FOLKS WHO HAVE THEIR HERITAGE CENTERS AND THE ITALIAN HERITAGE CENTER.. WE ALSO WANT TO PUT OURSELVES ON THE MAP AND SAY WE WANT AND SAY WE WANT AN ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT HERE IN WESTBROOK MAINE.” <VO> THE LARGEST FOREIGN BORN POPULATION IN MAINE, IS ASIAN. <SOT TAE CHONG …