Newcastle Celebrates Near-Completion of 16-unit Apartment Complex
Flanked by local officials, Gov. Janet Mills cuts the ribbon on one of two apartment buildings at 16 Mills Road in Newcastle on Tuesday, July 29.
Local and state officials gathered at 16 Mills Road on Tuesday, July 29 to celebrate the near-completion of a 16-unit affordable housing development after nine months of construction.
Developers get creative to build more affordable and ‘missing middle’ housing
Kara Wilbur and Sam Hight at Newcastle job site, two 8-unit buildings of affordable housing.
Developers Kara Wilbur and Sam Hight are deploying modular construction and using MaineHousing rural affordable financing programs to develop affordable housing.
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Workers at KBS Builders in South Paris work on modular components of an affordable housing complex on December 13, 2024. The modular components will be trucked to Newcastle and lifted into place next week. Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald
Newcastle Developer Breaks Ground on Mills Road Housing Project
Developer Rob Nelson (right) and his wife, Stephanie Nelson, symbolically break ground on an affordable housing development at 16 Mills Road in Newcastle on Monday, Oct. 28. The couple and roughly 45 others gathered at the property to celebrate the start of work on the development. (Piper Pavelich photo)
Newcastle will soon gain 16 new affordable apartments in the downtown area as part of MaineHousing's Rural Affordable Rental Housing Program. A groundbreaking event will be held at 16 Mills Road in Newcastle, the first project of the program's second round to start construction, at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 28.
Newcastle Affordable Housing Project Breaking Ground Oct. 28
A rendering of the affordable housing project set for 16 Mills Road in Newcastle. (Photo courtesy Rob Nelson)
Newcastle will soon gain 16 new affordable apartments in the downtown area as part of MaineHousing's Rural Affordable Rental Housing Program. A groundbreaking event will be held at 16 Mills Road in Newcastle, the first project of the program's second round to start construction, at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 28.
Madison Celebrates Opening of 18 Affordable Apartments, 7 Months After Groundbreaking
Developers recently completed these two apartment buildings in Madison. Each Building has nine apartments and was designed to look like other homes in town.
The town of Madison celebrated the opening of 18 affordable studio, one and two-bedroom apartments on Tuesday.
The project was among the first to be funded through the state’s Rural Affordable Rental Housing Program, which provides subsidies to developers who build a small number of homes outside Maine’s largest cities.
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A rendering shows four apartment buildings envisioned on Weston Avenue in Madison. Two of the buildings have received approval through MaineHousing’s rural affordable rental housing program.
The rain is just beginning to clear over central Maine as Sam Hight approaches a grassy lot several blocks away from the Madison municipal office. He points to a white, two-story home with a hipped roof and large front porch just across the street on Weston Ave., which will serve as a model for two apartment buildings he had planned for this location.
“The building is literally going to look like that, but just larger," he said. "It's going to look like it's always been here."