Planning Board Meeting Summary – January 4, 2023
The Sanford Planning Board met January 4, 2023. All members were present. It was the first meeting for newly appointed...
Planning & Development
Sanford’s Apartment Boom
Sanford is set to see a big expansion in the number of market-rate rental housing units in the next two...
Habitat for Humanity Building Homes in Sanford
Press Release Habitat for Humanity York County will be building multiple homes in Sanford beginning in spring 2023. Habitat currently...
Broad Partnership Created to Oversee Transit and Housing Initiatives
A coalition of stakeholders has begun the latest phase of the Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) from a US Dept...
Turning Copper-Covered Lots Into Green Energy Sources
The City of Sanford is Working to Install A Solar Lot on a Formerly Contaminated Site Press Release A project...
Land Bank Seeking to Accelerate Pace of Renewal
Request for Qualifications At the meeting of Sanford’s Land Bank Commission on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, members discussed responses that...
Sanford Awarded $25M in Federal Funds for Downtown Revitalization Project
Press Release The City of Sanford announced this week that it will receive a federal award of $25 million for...
Dangerous Buildings Update: July 2022
In the past two years, the City Council has declared 13 properties in Sanford to be Dangerous Buildings under Maine...
Cluster Subdivision Planned Off Sam Allen Rd.
At their first in-person meetings in more than two years, the Site Plan Review Committee and Planning Board this week...
Bright Future Planned for Mill Building
Sanford’s mill district is headed for a rebirth, as big plans are in the works for the building at 72...
Upper Nasson Apartments Moving Forward
At its meeting on April 5, 2022, the City Council held a public hearing to receive comments on the creation...
Budget Committee Approves Brownfields Bond for International Woolen Co. Property
At its meeting on March 24, 2022, the Budget Committee approved a request from the City’s Planning Department for a...
Recreational Cannabis Stores May Be Coming to Sanford
Could pot shops be coming soon to a location near you? The answer is, it depends where you live in...
VIP Auto to Expand Former Bonanza Building and Relocate
Consultants for VIP Auto, Inc. have been working with Sanford’s Planning Department over the past several months to get approval...
Bauneg Beg Solar Project Approved
Sanford continues to defend its unofficial title of Solar Energy Capital of Maine with the latest project to be approved...
Recent Planning Department Activity
Note: this list was updated October 27 to reflect the most recent information. At the Zoning Subcommittee meeting on Tuesday,...
One Last Hurdle for Townhouse Solar Project
The Townhouse Solar Project on Hanson Ridge Rd., which has been reviewed twice by the Site Plan Review Committee and...
Planning and Development Process Complaints Investigation
In May 2021, Kristin Collins, an attorney for several Sanford businesses, presented a letter to the City Council expressing their...