MOUNT DESERT ISLANDER • December 1, 2021
Maine Coast Heritage Trust recently closed on the purchase of a parcel of land located at 392 Main Street and is working toward the purchase of a second parcel for the town’s expansion of Chris’s Pond. Since the mid-1990s, the Chris’s Pond property has been owned by the town and MCHT has supported it with a land conservation easement. The Southwest Harbor Conservation Commission, working with MCHT, Island Housing Trust and the town of Southwest Harbor, is looking to expand parking, upgrade a winter warming hut, provide seating areas and potentially, at a later date, create affordable workforce housing on the expanded site.