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Saturday afternoon 11/29 from the Back Cove Trail:

Every city is struggling with encampments right now – even big towns like Augusta and Sanford. The politicians' preferred solution – harassing the homeless with repeated arrests – makes the problem even worse, and it also destroys police morale, since the cops can see better than anyone how...

MaineHousing's board documents say that the "Rochambeau" is an Avesta project (see page 26): https://www.mainehousing.org/docs/default-source/boarddocs/november-2025-board-packet.pdf?sfvrsn=220f9c15_1 Sounds like it might be one this proposal on Barra Road...

MaineHousing announced their tax credit financing awards for 2026, which usually clinches the funding for projects to move forward into construction next year. Two projects in Biddeford won awards: Quebec Commons, Biddeford, 45 units for 55+ adults The Rochambeau, Biddeford, 46 units for 55+...

Almost topped out?

That would be nice, but Scarborough needs more density and more walkable infrastructure before it can support more than one basic bus route. It's hard to justify bus stops on Route 1 if riders need to cross 5 lanes of lethally high-speed traffic on their way to or from their destination. The...

Agreed – I saw it from the Hannaford last night and the steel frame is very striking, even from all the away across Back Cove.

I think you meant to say that that bridge has been burned?

https://www.northriverco.com/about/ Look at the ownership team – 3/4 of them are wealthy nepotists who went to creepy boarding schools. I don't think inclusionary zoning is their problem, although I'm sure it's a convenient scapegoat for them. I think they came of age selling Class A office...

Yeah, the Mtn. Division reopening in any capacity is extremely speculative and very unlikely in the foreseeable future. It might become feasible if they ever start building Toronto-style high-rises in South Windham and Sebago Lake village. The state hired consultants to look at it in 2007 and...

Yeah, there was a *lot* of strongly reasoned public comment against NNEPRA's plans. It forcefully debunked their argument that they'd had an "extensive public process" and that that the alleged "majority" of input favored the station site in the isolated industrial zone. I think the VHB study...

Zoom hearing is about to begin and they're taking public comment: https://portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/7641/files/agenda/16912

Does Maine Health really have a gripe with a station at Union Plaza, or does Maine Health have a gripe with NNEPRA taking their property and building a parking lot instead of a high density mixed-use development there? The ideal situation would be for a private developer to integrate a new...

Do we know if this is still true? I recall being told that "only" commercial uses could be built on the lots back when the first RFP went out in 2007 or 2008, but after a couple of years, Federated proposed housing. At this point, the deed has changed hands several times, and so has the...

There have been a couple new places on Congress St that have opened up since the pandemic that might be up your alley: Novel (a coffee shop and bookstore between Congress and Longfellow Squares) and Another Round (a cafe and board game hangout spot, between Congress Sq. and Monument Sq.). Both...

It makes such a big difference filling in that street already. Can't believe that that lot was wasted for so long as a Bank of America drive-thru. Maybe if they'd managed their assets more intelligently they wouldn't have needed a $20 billion government bailout back in 2009.

A new combined fire/police station on one block wouldn't be the worst idea if it frees up the existing police station on Middle Street and the downtown fire station next to Lincoln Park for sale and redevelopment...

From the marketing website for the new "Seavey Terraces" (the new building for UNE students located off the Main/Cumberland rotary): https://www.seaveyterraces.com An adjacent Avesta Housing project is still under construction...

Was in the neighborhood the other evening and got some photos – most of the "town center" site has been cleared and prepped, with a lot of equipment on the Market Basket site, but it's just a massive mostly-empty plain of dirt with the new Cross Street Condos off to one side like a bizarre...

A bunch of new application materials have been posted to the city's CSS site: https://selfservice.portlandmaine.gov/EnerGov_Prod/selfservice#/plan/4720ba27-6754-49a3-85ee-4e2ca35fea23?tab=attachments