PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 14, 2022
The developers of The Downs say they need an exemption from the town’s recently tightened housing growth cap to realize their plan to build a downtown in the heart of former harness racing property. Enacted last summer, the town’s updated Growth Management Ordinance limits housing permits issued to The Downs to 43 units per calendar year. The developers say their vision for a town center requires about 1,000 dwellings within a five-minute walk to support the restaurants, shops and other businesses they hope to bring to the area.