cnt 2014 "downeaster going forward;" brunswick related excerpts

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Downeaster

Going

Forward

[DRAFT)

A

study of

recent

and

projected

economic

development

linked to

the

Downeaster

passenger

ail service

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y he Center

or Neighborhoodechnology

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Point,

SfOO

mil l ion

roject

hatwil l ransformhe 30acres

f vacantand djoining ort land's

Downeastertation

nto

a

175,000 quare

oot

officebuilding

a 25-room

hotel,

a

large estaurant,

a sports

rena nda sports

medicineomplex.

hompson'soint sscheduledo break

round

n

2Ot4andexpected

o create

55

permanent

obs.

Sixother

Portland

rojects,

hichhavebeenbuilt

within he ast hree ears r which he City sworking i th developerso implement,nclude n

addit ional

75,000quare

eetof commercialpace, ver600

housing nits, nda urther

S150

mil l ion

n nvestment. he hree-mile

adius LD

rea

f he Port land

owneaster

tat ion

ncludes

near ly l lof

Port land nd he

neighbor ing

ityof

SouthPort land.

his

ntire rea

s

served y

Port land'sus-based

ublic

ransit ystem.

hrough

"Transit

ax ncrement

inancing

TlF)"

provision

vai lable

n Maine,

IF ncrement

enerated

rom a

project

anbe used o

fund

ransit

serviceso that

project

ocation. his

provision

s used o

improve

ransit onnections

etween

Thompson'soint,

ext

o the

Downeastertat ion, nddowntown

ort land,nd t canbe used y

future

projects

o enhance l l

Port land'sdenti ty sa

TLD.

CNT

rojects

hat Port land i l l be a

High

growth

station

area, ignificantlyxceeding

he

growth

ateof i ts County.

H. Freeport: s he homeof L.L. eanCompany reeportsan nternational lyecognizedetai l

destination.

n 2009L.L.Beanbuilt Free

ort

Village

tation,

l-20,000 quare

oot,

multistory

commercialui lding

nda 550space

arking

tructure

ext o the siteof he

Downeaster

tat ion

planned

t hat ime.

Freeport t traets br iskour ist rade

andcontains naff luent nd

well-

educated egment

n

ts

population

f 8,000.

heCity eekso diversify

ts

economy nd

housing

stockby attracting

more

professional

ervices

or its residents ndbuilding

ousing,ncluding

workforce nits,

n tscitycenter,

while

preserving

pen and n

ts

TLD.

hese

bjectives re

aid

ou t

in

a

201LComprehensive

lan nda 2Ot2

Economic evelopmentlanwhich he City s

working

o

implement. romoting

owneasterervice

s

a

planned

evelopment

ction, nd ncreasinghe

frequency f service bovehe

currentwo dai ly

ound r ips o Port land ouldboost evelopment

efforts.Because uchof Freeport' s evelopmentsstil l n he planning tage,CNT urrently rojects

that

tsTOD ndcontrol led

LD

rowth

wil l

be

Moderate",

utsuccessn

planned

evelopment

activ i t ies

ould aisehisestimate.

l.

.

Brunswick:

hevariedassets f thiscityof

20,000nclude owdoinCollege, critically

respectedrts

estival, r iverfront owntown, n

ndustr ial

ast,

ski l ledmanufactur ing

ark

Brunswick

anding rising n he siteof a

naval

ir station

hat closed uri ng he

previous

ecade

with he

oss

f

4,000

obs

n he community,nd

since OL2he

northern

erminal tat ion f the

Downeaster.

private

eveloper

orking losely i th he Cityopened he

Brunswick

totion

OD n

2OLL. hekeystone uilding f

thiscomplex

s

a hree-story,

0,000 quareoot,commercial

bui lding

hat houseshe

Downeastertat ion long

with

a

medical

l in ic nd

public

nd

pr ivate

offices. 52-room nn andeventspace nda restaurant realsopartsof the Station evelopment,

andhousing

s

planned

n he next

phas

.

Brunswick tation s

providing

model or

a broader

program

o

revital ize runswick'sntire owntown

sa ser ies f

place-based

evelopments,nd

t

hasbeena

significant ttraction

or high echmanufacturersonsidering

ocationn

he

Brunswick

Londing

ndustrial

ark,

which

s

part

of this

city'sTLD rea.

Brunswick

totion'

nfluence ould

be

greater

f Downeasterervice ould

be expanded eyondhe current wo

round rips

per

day o

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The

performance

f he

pr incipal

ctors

n he astest

rowing

tation

reasn he

Downeaster

orr idor

demonstratehe

ypes f actionshat are

necessaryo

real izehe ul l

potential

f ransit- related

development:

o

The

partnership

f the Universityf

NewHampshirend he City f

Durhamn expanding

campusntoaTOD, swellas he mil l edevelopmentsf Dover, iddeford-Saco,ndAuburn-

Lewistonhow

how

he

atent alue f a community 's

ssets anbe

recognized

nddeveloped

in relat iono transit

ervice.

o

Station-focused

evelopments

n Brunswick,aco-Biddeford,

ndPort land emonstratehe

opportunity

or a

Downeastertat iono becomehe

ocal

point

of community

lace

making,

while

he

shutt le usservice

nd

pedestr ian

r iendly treet evelopmentsf

Dover

fferbest

practices

or

mit igating lesshanoptimal istance

etween stat ion ndanestabl ished

downtown.

o

Biddeford-Saco

nd

Auburn-Lewistonrecase xamplesf

nter- jur isdict ionalol laboration

or

location ff ic ient evelopment.

o

Durham, over, aco-Biddeford,

ort land,

reeport, runswick,ndAuburn-Lewistonl l

i l lustratehe

necessity

f steady

rofessionallanning

ork

pursued

ver

ears

ith

broad

community

upporto set he

stageor

TODwith

appropr iate

oning, treet cape

improvements,

arking

egulations,ndsmall

usinessupport.

.

ManV f he same ommunit ies

ave hown

owsimilar

lanning

r i t

s necessary

o establ ish

the designated

rowth

orr idors,

anduse

polic ies,

nd ransit

onnectionsequiredo effect

susta inable

evelopment

nTLD reas.

o

Theengagement

f hese ommunit ies

ith creative evelopers

as esultedn exemplary

projects

uch

sMadbury ommons,

ocheco

allsMil ls,Pepperel l i l lCampus,hompson's

Point,

runswicktation,

reeport i l lage tat ion,

ndLofts t BatesMil ls hat del iverhe

promise

f sustainableevelopment.

TheDowneaster

asbeen ble o

provide

ocal

point

or

sustainable

evelopmentecausef he

rel iable

ual i ty

f tsoperations,

hichhave el iveredhe

best n- t ime

erformance

n

he

AMTRAK

system.

s

he

development

rojected

n his eport nfur ls

emandor

passenger

ai l

ervice

i l l

increase,nd he

Downeaster

i l l need o interact

i th

his

demand y ncreasinghe

requency

f

i ts

service

hi lesustaining

ts

qual i ty

ndexpandingto

urrently nservedommunit ies

n a vir tuous ycle

of t ra

nsit-related evelo

m

ent.

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Introduction

In 2008 he

Northern ewEngland assengerai lroad uthor i ty

NNEPRA)

ommissionedhe Centeror

Neighborhood

echnology

CNT)

o study he

potential

or

economic evelopmentt imulated y

ts

Downeastera i t

erv ice

n NewHampshirendMainei . n

h isass ignmentNT xamined

at ional t rends

toward

obust

rowth

n he walkable reas urrounding

ransit tat ionshroughransit-or iented

development

TOD);

he strengths f coastal ewHampshire

nd

Maine n

attracting

mmigrants,

especial ly

rom metropol i tan oston;he

posit ive

eception

f he

Downeaster

nd

ts apidly

rowing

r idership

s

well

asemerging

OD

plans

nd

projects

n ts

service ommunit ies.onsider inghe

conjunctionf hese

actors, NT

rojected

hat he Downeasterould

r igger ubstantialconomic

growth

n tsstat ion reas,mit igatingong-termrends oward

population

nd

ob

diffusion

n northern

NewEngland's etropol i tanreas.

Five

ears

ater, espite

profound

ationalecession,

conomic evelopmentlong he ines

antic ipatedn he2008 tudy sunquestionablyurgeoningn he major i ty f Downeasterervice

communit ies.

his

evelopment

s

entirely onsistent

i th

he aspirat ionsf manyNewHampshire

nd

Maine i t izens

ho

support ustainableconomic

rowth,

with

he comprehensive

lans

ndeconomic

developmenttrategies

f municipal i t iesn he Downeaster

orr idor, nd

with

he business

lans

f

insti tut ions,

r ivate

evelopersndemployers hoare nvestingundreds

f

mil l ions

f dol lars

n

Downeastertat ions

eas.

In ight

f hese

appeningsNEPRAas ngaged NTto

onduct secondtudyto ssessthe

economic evelopment

hat hasoccurred r been aunchedn Downeaster

tat ion reas ince

008,

along

with mpedimentso continued

rowth,

nd he

ikely

cale f ur ther

evelopmenthrough he

Year 030.CNT's

indingsn

hisengagementre

presented

n

he ol lowingeport,whichhas hree

major ections:

o

Sectiondescr ibeshe

contextor assessingconomic

rowth

n Downeaster

ervice ommunit ies,

consider ing

ational

atterns

n economic evelopmentinked

o

public

ransit, s hese

may

be

influenced

y dist inct ive

eatures f southernMaine

nd

NewHampshire.t introduces

quanti tat ive

tandard

or

comparingevelopment

rospects

n he Downeasterorr idor i th

growth

long imilar

assenger

ai l ines ational ly.

Section

l

provides

r iefdiscussionsf he economic evelopmentinkedo the

Downeaster

hat has

occurred ur inghe

ast ive

years

r

s n

progress

n

each f NNEPRA'sewHampshirendMaine

service ommunit ies.his ectiondenti f ieshe major r ivers f andchallengeso transit- related

growth

n

each

own andestimateshe number f addit ional ouseholds

hat

wil l residen

he

station

reaof each ervice ommunity y he

Year

030.

o

Section

l l

presents

rojections

f economic

rowth

timulated y

passenger

ai l

along he entire

Downeasterorr idor y

2030

s

well

asobservationsbout he benefi ts f

his

growth

andstrategic

considerations

or ts ul l real ization.


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Because

ort land's

ntire

TLD

s

an

urbanized

rea

onnected

y

an

ntra-city

us

ystem

that

encompasses

ost

of

he

city,

ny

development

ithin

his

area

ffects

he

whole.

o

the

development

f

Port land's

orking

arbor

nd

ts

central

usiness

istr ict

n

streets

that

paralfel

he

harbor

trengthens

pportunit ies

or

ToD

around

he

Transportat ion

center 'This elat ionship

s

einforced

n

he

Port land

rea

by

he

potential

se

a

"Transportat ion

ax

ncrement

inance

TlF)".

n

a Transportat ion

IF

ax

ncrement

generated

y

a

development

ay

be

used

o

connect

his

development

o

otherparts

f

the

city

hrough

ransportat ion

nvestments.

Bui lding

n

Port land's

ssets,

lans,

nd social

nfrastructure' , ,

everal

ajorprojects

re

planned

r

under

onstruction

hat

wil l

dramatical ly

ncrease

he

station

rea,s

ibrancy,

density

nd

avai lable

menit ies

ur ing

he

next

everal

ears:

o

Thompson',s

oint:

This

100

million

project

ncludes

75,000

quare

eet

of

office

space'

125-room

otel,

a 12,000

quare-foot

estaurant,

sports rena ndeventcenter, nd

a

sports

medicine

omplex.

t

wi l l

occupy

0 argely

acant

cres

f

industr ial

and

next

o

the

Port land

ransportat ion

enter.

A

recent

efinement

o

the

project 's

lans

wil l

place

he

sports

rena

nd

event

enter

ir tual ly

djacent

o

the

Downeaster 's

assenger

latform.

f inancial

nalysis

f

Thompson,s

oint

projects

hat

the

project

wil l

generate

srsg

mil l ion

n

one-t ime

conomic

ctiv i ty,

ncluding

+g

mif

on

n

wages

upport in

1,230jobs

ur ing

he

construction

er iod.

n

an

ongoing

basis

he

development

s

projected

o

create

sr.s

mii l ion

n

annualsales

or

Maine

businesses,

ncluding

rr

mil l ion

n

sales,

upport ing

55;obsr* iu.

TIF

reated

y

he

city

of

Port land,

hich

ncludes

"Transportat ion

lF"

provision

o

fund

mproved

us

connections

o

the

development,

i l l

supplements

r ivate

nvestments.

heproject

s

scheduledo break round n 2014. hi leThompson'soint

does

ot

nclude

housing

component,

t

wi l l

create

ob

engine

hat

wil l

make

xtensive

ousing

nd

etai l

projects

more

eas

ble.

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t Thompson's

oint

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3.

Developmentxpectations

Freeport 'ss ikely

o sustain naverage

et ncrease

f

40

o 50

households

er

year.

Several

actors

ould

cceleratehe

growth

f

he own

ncludingiversif ication

f

Freeport 'sconomy, evelopmentf

workforce ousing,egional

rowth

n

he Port land

Metropol i tan tat ist icalrea, ndcommuting nd our ism ncreasedy Downeaster

ervice.

With reference

o comparableransit tat ion reas

ational ly,

NT xpects

oderate

growth

elativeo the

high

rowth

ate

of Cumberlandounty,

hich

ncludes reeport:

I8t%

above he county

rowth

ate n

he

TOD

rea, nd

growth

at

L40%

bove he county

level n he TLD ing.

his evel

f

growth

hould

ield

anestimated 45addit ional

householdsn

he entire hree-mile

adius OD-TLD

reaby

2030.

Freeport i l l need o execute

ts

developing

lans

nd

polic ies

or control led

rowth

and

economic ndsocial iversif icationo achieve nd

potential ly

urpasshese evelopment

projections.

l . Brunswick

1. Exist ins ondit ions

Brunswickas

a

remarkable

et

of cultural

ssets

or

a community f

17,000esidents.

Sett ledn 1628, runswick'sultural istorys r ich, ndBowdoin ol lege,oundedn L794,

provides

n anchor

or ts ntel lectuali feanddevelopment

f

a knowledge-based

conomy.

A tradit ion f ar t estivalsndstrongocalheater ave ed o recognit ionf Brunswicky

the Smithsonian

soneof America's ostdist inguished,

maller ultural

enters. he

own

attracts iscr iminating

our istshatsupport diverse owntown f

qual i ty

estaurants

nd

shops.

Population runswick

own

20278

Populat ion

opshamTown

8784

Population runswick

DP

Census

esignatedlace) t5,L75

Population

hange

000

o

20L0 2.4%

Est imated ed ianHouseho ldncome

201-1)

1qz,os+

Est imateder api tancome

2011)

528,439

M ed ianhom eva lue

St95,o+o

Current nemployment 5.5%

Percentage

f

residents i th

bachelor 's egree

39.r%

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9/18

Brunswicks

also n

ndustr ial

own,anda large

US

naval

tat ion

as

a

pil lar

f i ts

economy. verthe ast everal

ecades

runswick

asbeenmanaging

gradualshift

n ts

economyrom abor- intensiveactory

roduction

o

professional

nd

etai l

ervicesnd

high-ski l ledanufactur ing.

owever,

he community

ashit

especial lyard

dur inghe

ast

decade hena dec is iono c loseheBrunswickavalAir ta t ion l iminat ing,000obsand

anannual

ayrol l

f

S1a0

mil l ion as

announcedn 2005,ol lowed

y he GreatRecession

of

2008.

Brunswick's

owneastertat ions

central ly

ocated,

i thina

quarter

mile

of he Bowdoin

Collegeampus nd he own's

radit ional owntown nd iverfront.

o

ntensive

ransit-

or iented evelopment

TOD)

n

he one-mileadius rea round

he stat ion onforms

o the

town'sexist inganduse

pattern.

n

he one-to- three i le ingaround

he stat ion,he

trans i t - l inkedevelopment

TLD)

rea sBrunswickanding,

he

r is ing

ndustr ia land

business

ark

hat

s eplacing

he closed aval ase, swell

asother

ndustr ial

istr icts,ess

densely ett led

ections f he own,andareas f open pace

nd

armland.

Brunswick'sOD

and

TLD

reas

Down6aster

gtalion

Town

Boundsries

Phce Bqundanbe

TOD- iM$eRadlus

TLD

-i

Mib Radius

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BrunswickMap

highlighting

ommunity ssets

2. Planning

nd

Development

ctiv i tv

In

cooperation

ith

publ ic.agencies,

ocal iv ic

rganizations,nd

pr ivate

nvestors,

he

Town

of

Brunswick as

planned

ndbegun o execute two-pronged

edevelopment

ffort

to st imulatehe

growth

of

ts

downtown

hrough OD nd e-establ ishts ndustr ialase

along

modern ines.TheDowneaster

s

criticalo bothof theseeffortsas he centerpiecef

Brunswick'sowntown

TOD

andasa

point

of attraction

or

professional

ervice nd

high-

techmanufactur ingirms ocating ndgrowingn he own.

Over

more

hana decade

runswickas

demonstrated

growing

ommitmento

sustainable

evelopmenthat

ed

o the

real ization

f

Downeaster

ervice ndan

nit ial

phase

f

TOD:

o

Asear ly s

2001the

own

expressedn nterestn establ ishingDowneastertat ion.

.

Between 003and

2005,

he Citystudied nd

ecommended

"Smart

Growth"

policy

f

preserving

pen andand

guiding

evelopmento designated

rowth

areas, s

well

as

investingn measureso

improve

he

pedestr ian

ndbicycle nvironment.

o

A 2005

analysis

f compliance

ith Brunswick's

omprehensive

lan ound

hat an

exist ingrowthboundaryol icy ithoutexpl ic i t nforcementrovisionsasnot

curbing

prawl nto

protected

reas.

o

Focusing

n he

need o concentrateevelopmentn designated

rowth

areasn order

to

protect

penspace,

he Townconducted harrettesn 2007 o engage

ublic

part ic ipation

nTOD

lanning

ndworkedwith he irm of JHRDevelopmento create

master

lan

o

buildwhatbecamehe

Brunswick aine

Street tat ion

OD

n a ormer

brownfield

ite.


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A 2008update f Brunswick'somprehensivelan efined pecif ic ecis ionsequired

o

achieve irected, ustainable

rowth

and

ecommendedmplementation

f he

Brunswick

tation

OD

sa catalyst

or

downtown evelopment.

Also

n

2008

a

public

nvestment

ecision

as

made o fundan extensionf

Downeaster

serviceo Brunswick,ndwork o ful ly inance ndexecutehe master lan or he

Brunswick aineStation

OD

began.

Brunswick

aine

Station pened

n 2OLl,

ne

year

n advance f he Downeaster'srr ival.

The

corebui lding

s

hreestor ies,

i th40,000

quare

eet

of space,

ncluding

he stat ion nd

visitors enter

staffed

y

Brunswickolunteers) ,

medical l in ic,estaurant,owdoin

College ookstore,ndoff iceshat

now ncludeunctions

f he

Brunswick

own

government.

headjacent ui ldingncludes

52-room

nn

andevent pace,

hi le

another

16-uni t

ondominium

ui ld ingsbeing

lanned.

n

al l hedevelopment

s

contr ibut ingo

over150new

obs

n retai l ,

l in ic, f f ices, nd

nn.

a**#n* *+y

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Existing

nd

planned

uildings

n

the

Brunswick aine

StreetStation OD

The 2012celebrat ion f Downeaster erv ice peningwas

a

major

event ,at tendedby the US

Assistant ecretary f

Transportat ionor

Rai l roads nd over 500

part ic ipants.

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Openingelebrationt he

Brunswickowneaster

tation

Source:

NEPRAhoto

Gallery)

Brunswickas ontinuedo plan nd mplement tepso achieve ompact evelopmentn

its

downtown

rowth

area.n 20LI heTown,with a broad ase f community

upport,

produced

runswick'sowntownMasterPlan, hich ocuses f

he

TOD

oncepts f

place

making,ntegratedanduses, nd

pedestr ian\human

cale evelopmentith

he

goal

of

making entral runswick

necklace

f attractive ndhighlyivableocations.n extensive

civic rganizationovetai led

ith heTown

government

orks

ontinual lyo

implement

he

MasterPlan.n

he

wakeof he recessionndnaval ase losing runswick's

owntown aw

numerousacanciesnd he housing

arketwasvir tual ly

rozen.Nowdowntown

commercial

pace

s

ul ly

eased,

nd he own

s

again xper iencinget

growth

n housing

units,which

s

being irectedo exist ing

eighborhoods,

reserving

pen pace.

Alongwith

he

downtown esurgencerunswickasworked n

partnership

ith

he

Maine's

Midcoast egional edevelopmentuthor i ty incehe announcement

f the

naval

ase

closing ecision

n 2005 o replacehat mil i tary

resence

ith Brunswickanding,

3,200

acre

ndustr ial ndbusiness

ark.

hedevelopment

rovides

self-contained

reen r id,

high-speediberoptic able, oreignrade one, n-site orker raining

hrough

Maine

Technologynst i tu te ndSouthern a ineCommuni ty o l lege,h ichmainta inscampus

with 2,000

tudents

ithinBrunswickanding.incehe actual losing

f he base

n 20L1,,

twelve ki l led

manufactur ingnd

ndustr ial

ervice

irms

employingver300workers ave

locatedn

he

park,

nc luding o ln lyyckeeal th are, n nternat ionaleadern

he

manufacturef

wound

are

products.

own

off ic ials

eport

hat amenity f he Downeaster

onlya mile rom he businessarkwas signif icantonsiderationsseveralofhese ocation

decis ions.

As n

he case

f Freeport,he Downeaster 'smpact n

Brunswick

s imited

ecausehe

rai lroad

ancurrently

rovide

nly wo round r ips

per

daybetween runswick

nd

Port land, heremore requent erviceo the

rest

of he

Downeaster

orr idor

egins.

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However, owneaster anagement

eekso

implement

plan

or ncreasing

ervice

frequency

o

five ound

r ips

per

day.

A related ai l ervice

onsideration

s

hat

Brunswick'sowneaster

tat ion onnects

ith

he

MaineEastRailroad.he

MaineEastscurrently nexcursion

nterpr isehat operates

seasonally

nd

nfrequently

hroughhe communit iesf Maine's

entral ast oast.

However, ewmanagementsnow

under onsiderationor his ai lroad. inked

o the

Downeasteri th more requent

ervice

t

could ecome

signif icantsset

or

sustainable

development

n ts

service ommunit ies,

ar t icular ly

runswick,

hichwould

serve sa

hub

linkingwo

branchesf

passenger

ait

ervice.

3.

Developmentxpectations

Consider inghe

Town

of

Brunswick's

ct ive ommitment

o sustainableevelopment,ts

init ia l uccessfulOD mplementation,tsacceleratingeindustr ial izationith high-tech

firms, nd ts ikelyncreasen

passenger

ai l

service, runswick ight

beconsideredhigh

growth

Downeaster

tat ion rea.However,

ecause

runswick's

ousing arket

nd

ob

base resti l l ecover ingrom he

double hock f

recession

ndbase losing,

nd he scale

of

potential rowth

ssti l lunclear, NT

rojects

hat

Brunswick

i l l meethousehold

population

ncreasesor

comparable oderate-growth

tation reas ational ly

nd

n

he

Downeaster

orr idor. hiswil l mean hat between 010

nd

2030

Brunswick i l l

achieve

net

growth

n tsnumber

f

households

t

1.81

imes he

Cumberlandounty

rowth

ate n

itsTOD rea nd

at

1.40

imes he County

rowth

evel

n tsoutly ing LD ing.

SinceWoods

andPoole

rojects

umberland

ounty's

rowth

at

24.L%

uringthis

wenty-year pan,

Brunswicki l l raisehe number f tshouseholdsy 43.6%n tsTOD istr ict nd33.8%n

the

TLD

rea.At his

pace

Brunswicki l ladd3,276 ouseholds

n tsentire,

hree-mile

radius

tation reaby he

Year 030.

J.

Auburn-Lewiston

1. Exist ine ondit ions

Histor ical ly

he cit ies f

Auburn

nd

Lewiston

onsti tuted major

hoe nd exti le

manufactur ingenter. he

populai ion

f hese win cit ies ashardly

hanged ur inghe ast

decade.

he

win cit ies re40 miles orthof Port land,

nd he Androscogginiver uns

throughhe citycenter. hecit ies

ontain

roduction

nits f wor ldclass

ompaniesuch s

Procter

Gamble, eneral

lectr ic,

ndKellogg'smong

thers.

ates

ol lege,he

Universityf Southern

aine,

Central

aine

Medical enter,

t .

Mary'sHealth

ystem, nd

the

TDBank

re

ocated

n

Auburn

r Lewiston.oday, ey ndustr ies

nclude ducation,

health

are,

igh-precision

anufactur ing,ransportat ion

logist ics,nd inancial

ervices.

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