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FALMOUTH —The town and owners of the Falmouth Shopping Center hope the public will play a significant role in plans to redevelop the Route 1 complex.

The town has scheduled a Nov. 14 forum where residents will be given an opportunity to offer ideas.

It will run from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Plummer-Motz Elementary School, 192 Middle Road.

Theo H.B.M. Holtwijk, the town’s director of long-range planning, said the center’s owners own 60 adjacent acres of woods. The center also contains more than 240,000 square feet of empty space.

The owners, based in Boston, have no specific plan in mind for the property, but would like to redevelop it.

“It’s an opportunity for us to think about what this property could be. We hope this meeting leads to constructive development,” Holtwijk said.

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