Updated July 6
Portland school board approves spending extra state funds on tax relief, custodians and debt service
The plan for the additional $6.2 million secured through the state budget update passed last week must now go to the City Council for approval.
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The Portland school board approved a plan Tuesday for spending an extra $6.2 million in state funding on tax relief, the cost of custodians currently being paid for with federal relief dollars and to create a debt service reserve fund.
The plan, which passed on a 7-0 vote, is expected to go to the City Council on July 19 and could result in a zero percent tax increase in the combined city and school budget if approved.
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Jackson Lab s Ellsworth campus, renovating a former Lowe s into a 135,000-square-foot state of the art research center. It also designed
Acadia National Park s new ranger station.
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Sodexo is already prepared to reap as much as 80% of its lettuce products from the hydroponic indoor farm.
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The four-story 70,000-square foot Vertical Harvest farm will be the first vertical farm in the U.S., and is being developed by Westbrook s