The 2024 Yarmouth Comprehensive Plan identified a high-priority action to assess barriers to housing development in the town’s zoning ordinance, and to recommend new Medium Density Residential zoning. This process involved a deep policy review, district-specific land use analysis, and a buildout study that modeled the district’s potential under existing and proposed standards.
Read moreLakes Region Homeless Services Study
North Star Planning supported Levine Planning Strategies and Human Service Research Institute on a study for Cumberland County to evaluate the need and options for services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in the Lakes Region, including the towns of Baldwin, Casco, Naples, Raymond, and Sebago.
Read moreSouth Gorham Crossroads Zoning
North Star Planning worked with the Town of Gorham to create zoning standards to help implement the vision established in the Town's Comprehensive Plan. This vision involved upzoning low density residential and commercial areas of South Gorham along South Street and County Road (Routes 114 and 22) to higher density residential and mixed use areas, ready for transit and planned infrastructure upgrades
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