Screenshot / Courtesy Sebago Technics
The 144 acres is adjacent to Brunswick Landing’s Executive Airport.
Updated: August 11, 2020
Midcoast authority begins planning reuse of 144 acres it previously gave to Bowdoin
Screenshot / Courtesy Sebago Technics
Outlined in yellow is the 144 acres of land newly returned to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, which has begun a process to develop a reuse plan.
By Staff
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority is trying to figure out what to do with 144 acres it gave away more than a decade ago.
The parcel is part of 250 acres in Brunswick that the authority conveyed to Bowdoin College under a 2007 plan to reuse the former Naval Air Station, now home to Brunswick Landing, according to a statement by Steve Levesque, the authority’s executive director.
The 250 acres were given as a public benefit to Bowdoin, for the purpose of meeting its educational needs. But Bowdoin has since decided that 144 acres will not be necessary.
The only option is to transfer the land back to the authority. In turn, the MRRA is required to develop a plan for reusing the parcel.
The acreage is located on the west side of the former base, between Harpswell Road and the Executive Airport.
The authority engaged Sebago Technics in South Portland to help develop the plan, which will include a public engagement process. Sebago will also prepare an assessment of the existing conditions of the land, develop concepts for how it could be used, and work with the town of Brunswick to develop appropriate zoning and comprehensive plan language.
The authority engaged Jeffrey Donohoe Associates of Manchester, N.H., to conduct a market analysis.
Because in-person meetings can’t be held, Sebago Technics has developed a public participation process that includes a virtual tour and survey to gather opinions. The results of the survey will help guide the design of conceptual layouts of how the land could be used.
To access the tour and survey, click here.
Over the past nine years, many goals for redevelopment at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station — now called Brunswick Landing, Maine’s Center for Innovation — have been met or exceeded, driven by the growth of technology-based businesses in aerospace, bioscience, advanced materials, education, information technologies and renewable energy.
The landing is now home to nearly 140 businesses, together employing over 2,300 people. Over 60% of the businesses never existed in Maine previously.
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