2. Baby boomers are downsizing and retiring The younger generation needs affordable first homes and often wants fewer autos Maine has very few smaller lower-cost, lower-maintenance, energy-efficient homes in walkable communities Maine’s bigger cities are seeing a rise in population for the first time in decades Mill redevelopment in Sanford, Biddeford and Lewiston has been a huge success, with waiting lists for residential apartments This is a market gap…waiting to be filled

3. The Sanford Mill Apartments

10. Battle Road Farm Condominiums, Lincoln, Massachusetts

11. Create housing choices for a range of incomes Create transportation choice – walking, biking, bus/train as community grows Create attractive locations for jobs and commerce to grow Maintain parks, open space and agricultural land

12. Support of property owners in center location Community/municipal support Public sewer/water OR good soil quality Available land for housing and businesses Some level of existing businesses, public services, recreation, cultural areas or agriculture

13. Mixed use, no more than ½-mile in diameter, able to absorb growth, with appropriate utilities, telecommunications and transportation infrastructure Tapping into the market’s desire for safe, livable, and walkable neighborhoods

14. A center of opportunity will: Be responsive to community and landowners’ goals Be highly competitive to attract the next generation of job and housing growth Increase economic growth for the region by encouraging regional planning Protect land resources and preserve local character by focusing growth in a planned way Build and maintain a sense of local community

15. The growth of multiple small centers will over time produce a more sustainable growth pattern than the current one, providing : Multiple economic drivers and job creators Healthier, walkable, affordable neighborhoods that include destinations Energy-efficient housing for a range of incomes, including seniors and the next generation Easy access to recreation, greenspace, agriculture Jobs that are closer to home