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Bath-Brunswick-Topsham Chamber Seeks Insider Favorites
Chamber's annual 'Eat, Play, Stay' guide to feature top local picks
Published on Mar. 5, 2026
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The Bath-Brunswick-Topsham Regional Chamber of Commerce is asking locals to nominate and vote on their favorite places, events, and activities in the region to be featured in the chamber's annual 'Eat, Play, Stay' visitor's guide. The chamber is transitioning the guide to be more useful for tourists and potential new residents by focusing on specific recommendations from local insiders rather than generic regional information.
Why it matters
The chamber's guide is an important resource for attracting visitors and potential new residents to the Bath-Brunswick-Topsham region. By tapping into the knowledge and opinions of local insiders, the guide can provide more valuable and authentic recommendations that showcase the unique character and offerings of the area.
The details
The chamber will be posting a series of questions on its Facebook page over two weeks in March, asking locals to nominate and vote on their favorite restaurants, entertainment venues, hotels, and other attractions in the region. Any comment on the posts will count as a vote, and liking or loving other comments will also be counted. The top vote-getters will then be featured in the 'Eat, Play, Stay' guide, which will be distributed to tourists and potential new residents.
- The chamber will post the voting questions on Facebook during the second and third weeks of March 2026.
- Votes will be tallied, and the top recommendations will be featured in the 2026 'Eat, Play, Stay' guide.
The players
Bath-Brunswick-Topsham Regional Chamber of Commerce
A regional chamber of commerce representing businesses in the Bath, Brunswick, and Topsham areas of Maine. The chamber publishes an annual visitor's guide called 'Eat, Play, Stay' to promote the region to tourists and potential new residents.
Cory King
The executive director of the Bath-Brunswick-Topsham Regional Chamber of Commerce, who wrote the article explaining the chamber's process for gathering local recommendations for the 'Eat, Play, Stay' guide.
What they’re saying
“To be clear, the guide will have questions like 'What is your favorite entertainment venue?', and once we build the top 5 or top 10 list of those answers, we begin every section with some version of 'By no means are these the only entertainment venues in our region as we have dozens, but when asked, these were the top vote getters by local insiders.'”
— Cory King, Executive Director (pressherald.com)
What’s next
The chamber will post the voting questions on its Facebook page during the second and third weeks of March 2026. Locals are encouraged to participate by commenting on the posts and sharing them with friends.
The takeaway
The Bath-Brunswick-Topsham Regional Chamber of Commerce is tapping into the knowledge and opinions of local insiders to make its annual 'Eat, Play, Stay' visitor's guide more useful and authentic for tourists and potential new residents. This collaborative approach helps showcase the unique character and offerings of the region.
