After Kennebunk Savings Bank bought an industrial building on Alewive Park Road and transformed it into its operations center, most of the surrounding land sat unused. It quickly became clear that the land in Kennebunk could be put to better use by partnering with Avesta Housing to create much-needed affordable housing, said Brad Paige, the

Kennebunk Savings Bank is taking the unusual step of donating a parcel of land it owns for a 70-unit affordable housing development. The 41-acre parcel at 7 Alewive Park Road in Kennebunk would be divided into lots, one for two buildings that each would have 35 units and a second lot that would remain open