IN THE PRESS
Gilman Place
Gilman Street School Project Facing Board: From the August 25, 2008 Waterville Morning Sentinel
Claims against housing project signs of NIMBY. An editorial from the Sept. 5, 2008 Waterville Morning Sentinel
Council, Neighbors Clash Over Gilman Street School Project. From the Sept. 17 2008 Morning Sentinel: "City councilors Tuesday night took the second of three votes necessary to allow 33 affordable apartments to be built inside Gilman Street School."
Planners OK plan for Gilman Street apartments. From the October 10, 2008 Morning Sentinel.
School developers want grant funds for project. From the March 3, 2009 Morning Sentinel: The Developers Collaborative applies for a $250,000 Community Development Block Grant to finance the Gilman School project.
Gilman School developers hope for fall groundbreaking. From the July 19 Morning Sentinel. "Bunker and his partners, Richard Berman and Jim Hatch, expect construction to take about 10 months."
Birch Hill
Community Partnership Makes 20-Unit Affordable Senior Housing Project Possible; Revives Flow of Capital April 2, 2009: A City of Lewiston press release about the challenging and collaborative effort to finance the Birch Hill project in downton Lewiston in spite of the credit crisis.
New Maine Seniors Project Moves Forward After Overcoming Financial Setback. The July 2009 edition of the Tax Credit Advisor trade publication details the public-private effort to finance the Birch Hill project.
Danforth and High
Portland Press Herald: Condos, Not Cars. A news article detailing the carsharing plans of the Danforth on High condominiums.
WCSH 6: If They Build It, Will Buyers Come?
A television news segment on Peter Bass's innovative proposal for affordable, market-rate condominiums in downtown Portland.
Charting Maine's Future blog: Affordable Housing, at No Expense to Taxpayers.
A blog post from GrowSmart Maine on Peter Bass's Danforth on High project.
Thomaston Green
Village Soup: Thomaston Selectmen Hold Hearing on Prison Redevelopment.
A news article on the community planning process that is shaping the Thomaston Green redevelopment project
Village Soup: Assisted Living Facility May Anchor Redevelopment of Old Prison Site.
Rockland's Village Soup covers the evolving plan for the Thomaston Green redevelopment project.
Thomaston to hold hearing on grant funds for riverfront development. From the Oct. 22, 2008 Village Soup.
Voters Approve Thomaston Green TIF District. From the Feb. 11, 2009 Village Soup.
YMCA may build on former Thomaston prison property. From the July 23, 2009 Village Soup.
Chestnut Street Lofts
The Baysider: Hello From the Lofts.
A new resident of the Chestnut Street Lofts greets her new neighbors in the Bayside community newsletter.
American Institute of Architects citation. The Maine Chapter of the AIA designated the Chestnut Street Lofts building a project "Of Note" in 2008.
Other projects
New York Times: How to Build A Village in the Middle of a City.
A profile of Portland's Bayside neighborhood, and of Unity Village in particular, by Keith Schneider.
Lewiston Sun-Journal: City Moves Forward on Affordable Housing.
Local news coverage of the proposed Birch Hill apartments in downtown Lewiston.