The Loring Commerce Center is a industrial and aviation park that is home to over 20 employers with more than 1,300 employees. It was developed from the former Loring Air Force Base

Loring Air Force Base

Loring Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base that was under the operational control of the Strategic Air Command for most of its existence. In 1992, it was transferred to the newly-established Air Combat Command, and it was finally closed as an active Air Force installation in...

 which was closed in 1994

It consists of over 3800 acres (15.4 km²) of fully serviced commercial, industrial and aviation development sites in addition to numerous existing modern and practical buildings in a spacious, campus-like setting.

Loring Commerce Center is located in Limestone

Limestone, Maine

Limestone is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,314 at the 2010 census. The town is best known for being the home of the Loring Commerce Center...

, Aroostook County, Maine

Aroostook County, Maine

Aroostook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. In 2010, its population was 71,870. In land area, it is the largest county in the state and the largest U.S. county east of the Mississippi River. Its seat is Houlton...

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Overview

Users of the facility include:

• DFAS Limestone, a major component of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service
  Defense Finance and Accounting Service
  The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is an agency of the United States Department of Defense that provides finance and accounting services for the civil and military members of the Department. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, it was activated on Jan. 18, 1991...
  
   office (BRAC 2005 consolidated 26 offices into 5 and this was one of the consolidation points
• Maine Military Authority, refurbishes High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
  High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
  The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle , better known as the Humvee, is a military 4WD motor vehicle created by AM General. It has largely supplanted the roles formerly served by smaller Jeeps such as the M151 MUTT, the M561 "Gama Goat", their M718A1 and M792 ambulance versions, the CUCV,...
  
  s (HMMWV’s) for the US Army and Marine Corps

Civilian users of the facility include:

• Loring Job Corps Center
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife National Wildlife Refuge (administering 4700 acres (19 km²) of the base property)
• various call centers, food processing and forestry operations, light manufacturing, and aviation services

The airfield at Loring Commerce Center was used by the popular jam-band Phish

Phish

Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...

, to hold its massive festival concerts, "The Great Went" in 1997, the Lemonwheel in 1998 and "It" in 2003. Estimated attendance was 65,000 concert-goers and Phish was the only band. Fans camped on-site in tents, creating a community of fans that became the second largest city in Maine during both events.

Full Time Fire Protection on site by Aroostook Fire Protection District 1, a regional fire district made up of Fort Fairfield & Limestone Fire Departments. Loring Fire Station, which is formerly known as the Structural Fire Station is manned 24-7 by Career Firefighters.