PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 27, 2020
A team of local developers wants to build a traditional New England-style village with hundreds of homes, offices and retail businesses on 300 acres of rural land in western Biddeford. The plan for South Street Village is still being developed, but Biddeford officials are considering a zoning change to allow it to move forward. Mathew Eddy, the city’s director of planning and development, said the zoning change and South Street Village project present the city with the opportunity to protect natural resources by preserving a large tract of land next to the village and provide bypasses that reduce stress on Biddeford’s transportation system.