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Maine Voices: ‘No’ to Munjoy Hill Historic District, ‘yes’ to ReCode revamp Strengthening the process Portland is using to update its land-use code is a better way to address concerns about housing, equity and sustainability. By Wendy Cherubini and Liz TriceSpecial to the Press Herald Share YIMBY Portland advocates for a more prosperous, sustainable, equitable, livable and walkable Portland. While YIMBY Portland supports historic preservation, we strongly urge the city to uphold its Feb. 1 vote against a historic district on Munjoy Hill. Instead of overturning the vote, the City Council should commit to overhauling the current ReCode Phase 2 process to better address the concerns on Munjoy Hill and across the entire city related to housing shortages, equity imbalances and sustainability. We do not believe that the historic district is the correct tool to solve these problems, and we believe the ReCode process, as proposed, does not have strong enough goal ....