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Portland City Councilor Belinda Ray will not seek re-election
The District 1 councilor announced Monday that she will take a job with the Greater Portland Council of Governments after her term expires late this year.
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Portland City Councilor Belinda Ray announced Monday that she will not seek re-election to a third term in November.
Portland City Councilor Belinda Ray, during her run for mayor in 2019.
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Ray told colleagues at Monday night’s council meeting that she plans to join the Greater Portland Council of Governments as director of strategic partnerships. Ray, serving her second, three-year term representing District 1, will begin working for the council of governments in January after her term ends.
Report highlights challenges for apartment, condo builders in Greater Portland
A new report finds that only a small fraction of land is designated for multifamily housing and says more coordination among municipalities would better meet the community s affordable housing needs.
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A crew works on framing the first floor of a multifamily building on Main Street in Westbrook on Feb. 11. Because of a zoning change to allow greater downtown density, developer Chris Wilson was able to add a third floor and double the number of apartments. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographe
A proposed apartment building behind the new village green in Cape Elizabeth would be the seaside town’s first affordable rental housing in nearly half a century.
Regional council evolves to help Greater Portland communities meet bigger challenges
The Greater Portland Council of Governments has become a more dynamic organization under new leadership and in a changing landscape that demands more cooperation among cities and towns on issues ranging from the opioid crisis to COVID-19 and from racial injustice to homelessness.
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In early March, when municipal leaders across southern Maine were scrambling to plan their response to the looming COVID-19 pandemic, the staff of the Greater Portland Council of Governments organized a panel of experts to answer their questions.
A few weeks later, just before Gov. Janet Mills issued a stay-home order, city and town managers were hungry for more guidance. The regional council arranged a Zoom meeting with Mills and the managers, started holding weekly online meetings for municipal officials and created an interactive web page so they could get and share the latest information.
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