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Developer proposes 140 senior condos for Deering Center in Portland
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Portland residents contest housing planned at Catherine McAuley High School, former convent
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Local firm recommended to develop new Portland homeless shelter
The city staff says Developers Collaborative of Portland scored highest among three proposals for the 200-bed facility on Riverside Street
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The city of Portland is expected to select a local firm to develop a new, 200-bed homeless service center on Riverside Street.
Members of the City Council’s Housing & Economic Development Committee will discuss at a meeting Tuesday a staff recommendation to hire Developers Collaborative, which scored highest among three development proposals, the city said in a news release Friday.
Staff noted Developers Collaborative’s “extensive local experience with redevelopment of former public and private properties, its creative site design and modular type facility construction, and its proven ability to navigate challenging neighborhood and publicly controversial development projects.”
The 32.5-acre woods were given to the city in 1946 by former Maine Gov. Percival Baxter. The deed executing the transfer specifies the park “shall forever be kept in its natural wild state and as a sanctuary for wild birds.”
Citing the former governor’s other writings, Lesperance argues in his motion, “If Gov. Baxter were alive, I believe he would support my request for the freedom to walk with my dog off leash in Baxter Woods on a daily basis throughout the year.”
“The city’s position has not changed,” Portland spokesperson Jessica Grondin said in an email to the newspaper, noting that questions about the leash restrictions being consistent with the terms of park’s trust had already been discussed at public hearings in advance of the new rules.
Portland City Council limits when dogs can be off leash in Baxter Woods
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