Lockwood housing plan in Waterville gets boost after council takes first vote on tax districts
As part of the housing plan, 65 units will be developed in the former Marden s Industrial building on Water Street in Waterville.
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WATERVILLE The City Council on Tuesday took first votes to approve changes to a pair of tax increment financing districts and related development plans for the Lockwood Mills housing project, which calls for developing 65 units in the former Marden’s Industrial building on Water Street.
The 7-0 vote followed a public hearing at which Dan Jacques and Mariah Monks represented North River Co., which owns the Lockwood complex. One more vote is needed on each of the TIF issues to finalize the changes.
Waterville to consider Lockwood Mill housing plan TIF change
The Waterville City Council on Tuesday also will consider helping to fund community service organizations.
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WATERVILLE The public will have a chance Tuesday to ask questions and comment on a proposed change to a tax increment financing district and related development plan for the Lockwood Mills housing project.
The Waterville City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposal at 6:45 p.m. and consider taking a first of two votes on the TIF plans at the regular council meeting following the hearing. The meeting will be accessible via a link on the city’s website.
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The first community solar-energy project in Gardiner, and one of the first such projects in Maine, has started producing electricity.
The project is a partnership between PowerMarket, a New York City solar management services startup, and SunRaise, a Portsmouth, N.H., solar energy developer, owner and operator.
In Maine, PowerMarket also has community solar projects in China, Baldwin and, soon, Belfast.
The Gardiner project sits on the roof of beverage distributor Pine State Trading Co., a privately held family business.
“We are very committed to making sure that generationally, we re always looking forward,” Gena Canning, a member of Pine State’s board of directors and 2015 Mainebiz Women To Watch honoree, said in a news release. “We’re always trying to improve our community. And we re always trying to reduce our carbon footprint because we want to be best in class. We want to make sure that by being the first community solar project in Gar
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
APPLETON The annual town meeting for the Town of Appleton will be held Tuesday, June 8 at the Appleton Fire Station.
All articles will be voted on by secret ballot with polls open June 8 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
There are two Select Board seats open and three candidates: Marci Moody Blakely, Scott K. Esancy, and John C. Fenner
There are two AVS School Board seats open and two candidates: Elizabeth Grierson, Stephen Wadsworth
There is one seat on the Five Town CSD School Board, though no papers were returned.
There are two regular planning board member positions and two associate planning board member positions available, but no papers were returned.
Maine contractors fear labor agreement will shut them out of offshore wind work
A pending commitment by wind energy developers to use only union labor has caught some of the state s top construction firms off guard.
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Chris Wissemann of New England Aqua Ventus speaks at a press conference in Portland on April 7, where an agreement with the Maine Building and Construction Trades Council was announced. Some construction firms fear the agreement s union labor component will shut them out of working on offshore wind power projects. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Maine’s largest construction contractors say they fear being shut out of work in the state’s nascent offshore wind industry because of a pending labor agreement between the lead project developer and trade unions.