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FINAL REMINDER!!!
Form Based Codes - Are they Right for Damariscotta?
DPAC is offering 3 opportunities to learn more about Form Based Codes and how they might work for Damariscotta. Join in one or more of these events! - Monday, October 25 @ 2:30-4:30 p.m. downtown field work, beginning at the Maine Coast Bookstore Cafe, weather permitting. Bring paper, pencil and wear comfortable walking shoes.
- Monday, October 25 at Mobius at 6 p.m. for refreshments and 6:30 p.m. for meeting with Newport, Vermont representatives on their experiences with Form Based Codes.
- Tuesday, October 26 at 9:00 am to 11:30 am at Town Hall for further discussion on Form Based Codes.
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After the field work downtown, join a special presentation on Form Based Codes on Monday, October 25, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with refreshments and 6:30 for meeting, at the Mobius Community Center. Mr. Paul Dreher, Zoning Administrator for Newport, Vermont, and Ms. Patricia Sears, Executive Director of the Newport City Renaissance Corporation, will discuss their community's Form Based Codes and what the zoning amendments have meant to their town.
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Like Damariscotta, Newport is a small waterfront town settled in the 1700's, with many of its historical buildings still in use today. As a small town with a population of 5000, a number citizens shared concerns regarding zoning amendments and how they would affect future development. Newport City provides an excellent example of a how a small city--facing many of the same challenges as Damariscotta--came together to steer the course for its future development.
Dreher and Sears will outline the process used in establishing their city's new codes and in revitalizing their downtown, and how a form based code works for them. Learn from the first hand experience of others in charting the course for community-driven code amendments to help decide if form based codes might be right to direct Damariscotta's future.
DPAC encourages your participation in the October 25th discussion to see how it has been implemented in a similar New England town, and to have your questions answered. The discussion will be held at the Mobius Community Center (on Route 1B across from Yellowfront Grocery Store). Light refreshments will be served at 6:00 p.m., and the discussion will begin at 6:30.
A follow-up meeting is scheduled for the morning of October 26 at 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at the Damariscotta Municipal Building on School Street to provide additional opportunities for people to speak with Mr. Dreher and Ms. Sears. |
