Nonprofit agency to buy only land in Belfast zoned for big-box development

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 1, 2021

A non-profit organization devoted to helping low-income Waldo County residents has just bought a 78-acre parcel of land off Route 3 in order to consolidate and eventually expand the services it offers. Waldo Community Action Partners paid $895,000 for the land, using funds that had been saved over the years. The purchase may one day result in the construction of new housing for the housing-pinched community, also means the only place in Belfast zoned for big box stores is now off the market.