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Lack of snow didn’t stop Westbrook from having their ‘Blizzard Bash’
WESTBROOK, Maine — Despite 60-degree weather and brown grass, Westbrook students were trying to soak up the rest of what’s technically still “winter”. The Westbrook police department held its annual “Blizzard Bash” where there were
Avesta Housing receives $250,000 Housing for Everyone grant
Avesta Housing was recently awarded a $250,000 Housing for Everyone grant from the TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®. Avesta is one of 33 organizations selected from more
Avesta promotes new bill to address affordable housing crisis in Maine
Avesta Housing President and CEO Dana Totman and Board Member Peter Bass toured the Park Village neighborhood of Saco on March 2 with Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and Rep. Lynn Copeland, Maine House District
Avesta presents Yandell Award to ProsperityME
ProsperityME has been awarded the Avesta Housing Mike Yandell Award for its extraordinary work in the field of affordable housing. Named for the late Mike Yandell, a former Avesta Housing board chair and the former
Subsidized apartment buildings provide homes for Mainers in need
SOUTH PORTLAND — Maine is in the midst of a housing crisis, but some families in the greater Portland area now have a new place to call home. Last year, there were four subsidized apartment
Avesta President/CEO presents 10 recommendations to address affordable housing crisis
Avesta Housing President & CEO Dana Totman recently gave a virtual presentation to the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and guests as the featured presenter at the Chamber’s monthly Eggs & Issues event. Totman gave
Avesta CEO Dana Totman sees Maine’s affordable housing need as greatest in 50 years
Dana Totman, who will soon retire as president and CEO of affordable housing developer Avesta Housing, on Wednesday said the need for such homes in Maine is at a historic level – and big changes
Nonprofit head calls Maine’s low-income housing progress ‘dismal’
Maine needs 25,000 more affordable homes, but even when it builds new housing, the elderly and others who need it most cannot afford it, the head of an affordable housing agency said on Wednesday. Dana
Maine’s housing crisis is building a growing bipartisan will to find solutions
Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque remembers when he was a kid, riding around with his single mom, imagining what it would be like to live in one of the city’s nicer homes. Eight years ago, he