Soon after Dani Nisbet bought her two-bedroom ranch in South Portland in 2017 she started wondering what could be built on the rest of her .65-acre, mostly wooded lot. She knew housing was scarce across southern Maine. An artist, interior designer and hairdresser, she had heard heartbreaking stories from clients, family members and friends about their fruitless
Jennifer Hawkins has been appointed president and CEO of Avesta Housing, northern New England’s largest nonprofit affordable housing provider. Hawkins brings more than 20 years of industry leadership and experience to the role. She recently served as president and CEO of One Neighborhood Builders in Providence, Rhode Island. “I am deeply honored to join Avesta Housing
LEWISTON — Crews began demolition work Monday along Pine Street to make way for the 104-unit DeWitt development, the second phase of the city’s Choice Neighborhoods redevelopment effort. The work will raze two buildings along the stretch of Pine Street between Park and Bates streets, which includes a former Sun Journal building at 40 Pine
The Gorham Town Council, after a brief discussion on Tuesday, June 3, unanimously voted to adopt an affordable housing committee charter. The board’s Appointments Committee recommended the action and the council voted, 7-0. The move is aimed at easing the housing challenges for Gorham residents facing rising home costs with limited options. The seven-member committee
BroadView Talent Partners has helped to recruit Jennifer Hawkins as the new president and CEO of Avesta Housing in Portland, ME. The assignment was led by Tracy McMillan, Melania DaSilva Deaver, Donna Young, Robyn Quinn, and Elizabeth Keyser. “Jennifer’s leadership is defined by innovation, strategic vision, and a powerful dedication to meeting community needs through affordable housing and housing stability programs,” said
Firehouse Village is an innovative, adaptive reuse of a former public safety facility into a vibrant, self-contained community modeled after a traditional Maine village. Tenants include a Rosemont Market, Harbor Fish Market, a restaurant, a dry goods store and a community room. It also includes a 31-unit affordable housing complex for ages 55 and older,
For Katherine and her younger brother Charles, living at Snow School Apartments is truly like going home again: They attended the building’s namesake, the Charles A. Snow School, in the 1960s. After the school was closed in 2017, the site was sold to Avesta Housing for the purpose of building safe, quality, affordable homes for
Shelby and her son moved into an Avesta home in May 2024. Before the move, the pair had been living with Shelby’s parents in Biddeford. “I’m grateful to my parents, but we needed a place of our own,” she says.] Shelby chose to live in an Avesta home for several reasons, “I knew Avesta had
jennifer Hawkins, a Rhode Island expert in housing and community development, has been named president and CEO of Avesta Housing, a Portland-based provider of affordable housing. The appointment comes six months after Rebecca Hatfield left the organization to join Hancock Lumber, with Eric Boucher stepping in as interim president and CEO. Hawkins will start her role
Marny Smith, second from left, at the Maine Health Care Association “Remember ME” ceremony in Augusta, Maine, with (L-R) daughter Jen; Katy Smith, vice president of assisted living for Avesta Housing; and son Ed. Marny Smith, a resident of 75 State Street, was one of 32 people honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the
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