In the summer of 2026, developers…
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Major milestone reached
ROCKPORT — With a turning of the page, conceptualizing a park at the former elementary school site on West Street in Rockport has moved from conversation to design and engineering.
On Sept.…
Public invited to final design meeting
ROCKPORT — The methodical and deliberative planning process for the future of the former Rockport Elementary School site on West Street in Rockport is ready for a final review.
On Sept. 17…
The Lesher Family Foundation and the Town of Rockport are soliciting feedback from the community about the three potential designs for the park being built at the former RES site.
LFF's…
Featuring farmers, food manufacturers, artisans, and a food truck
ROCKPORT—A group of farmers, food manufacturers, artisans, and even a food truck have started a new farmer’s market at the former…
ROCKPORT — Across the board, voters in Rockport approved all warrant articles on their annual town meeting ballot. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., June 13, 701 voters entered the Richardson Room at the…
ROCKPORT — The Lesher Family Foundation is inviting public participation in shaping the old Rockport Elementary School site on West…
No more in-person town meeting
ROCKPORT — The Select Board in Rockport has agreed to ask voters in June at annual town meeting if they endorse spending $3.76 million on…
And another $1 million gift for municipal project as determined by the town
ROCKPORT — After many years of debate, community forums, executive session conversations and planning, a tangible proposal is before the…
Meeting July 11
ROCKPORT — At the Monday evening, July 11, meeting of the Rockport Select Board, five citizens who have volunteered to serve on a new Village-focused task force are expected to be named to effort…
Next step: Does the RES plan align with comprehensive plan?
ROCKPORT — Consultants hired by Rockport to produce a development plan for the 7.4 acre former Rockport Elementary School parcel on West…
Public invited to June 8 meeting
ROCKPORT — Citizens of Rockport are invited to a public meeting June 8, at the Rockport Opera House, to review…
ROCKPORT — For the past several months, Rockport has invited its citizens to weigh in about the future of the former Rockport Elementary School site via a survey. In total, the town received 339…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Planning Office has, so far, circulated to approximately 200 citizens via email an invitation to weigh in with opinions about the future of the former Rockport Elementary…
Request $750,000 from county for broadband internet project
The Rockport Select Board approved four articles Aug. 30 that will be placed before voters on the November 2021 ballot. They include taxpayer approval of funds to continue efforts redeveloping the…
Redevelopment of former Rockport Elementary Property requires public vote
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Select Board will decide at their Aug. 30 meeting whether or not to place a proposed redevelopment plan for the former Rockport Elementary School (RES) site on the November…
Group hopes project will go to vote next November
Members of the RES Redevelopment Task Force decided Aug. 3 to move forward with development firm NewHeight as the group to develop the…
Tuesday, Aug 3, meeting
ROCKPORT — The task force that has been assigned with fielding development ideas for the former…
Allen Agency withdraws interest in town-owned property; two proposals on the table
ROCKPORT — On June 16, members of the RES Redevelopment Task Force and the town’s Economic Development Committee…
Proposals include subdivision, commercial building
Three separate entities have expressed interest in developing the former Rockport Elementary School (RES) site at the corner of Routes 1 and 90 (West Street) in Rockport Village. Allen Insurance…
April 9 deadline for letters of interest
ROCKPORT — In a continued effort to find potential developers for the site of the former Rockport Elementary School (RES) at the corners of Route 90 and Route 1, members of the municipal RES Task…
Former school site would show films throughout summer
ROCKPORT — Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) founder Ben Fowlie and Development Director Emily Peckham have proposed to operate a drive-in move theater on the former Rockport Elementary…
Members of the RES Redevelopment Task Force heard appeals from professionals in the real estate and architectural fields Oct. 6, advising against taking hasty action to sell or develop an 7.7-acre…
Monday, Sept. 28 meeting
ROCKPORT — At 5:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 28, Rockport’s Select Board will convene in person at the Rockport Opera House and talk with Terrance DeWan, who is founding principal of TJD&A, a…
Who sent the political mailer?
Short term rental rules, RES redevelopment, pop-store at harbor, and warrant all top Rockport agenda
ROCKPORT — With opinions flying about Rockport crafting short term rental rules, along with an architect’s suggestion to get informed advice before diving into a redevelopment plan for the RES…
Athletic fields would remain undeveloped
Allen Insurance and Financial, of Camden, has submitted a proposal to the Rockport Town Office to build a commercial building at the currently undeveloped property at the corner of Routes 1 and 90…
Town expects multiple proposal for former Rockport Elementary site
ROCKPORT — The RES Redevelopment Committee met Jan. 30 to outline the criteria that will be used to qualify development proposals for the town-owned 7-acre plot of land where the former Rockport…
Select Board appoints nine to Comprehensive Plan Committee
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Select Board voted unanimously Jan. 13 in favor of a recommendation by the RES Redevelopment Committee that the town again invite development proposals for a 7.6 acre…
RES redevelopment committee meets again Jan. 30
ROCKPORT — The committee tasked with exploring development options for the former Rockport Elementary School site at the intersection of Routes 1 and 90 may recommend that the Rockport Select…
Point Lookout cabins one of the design elements, to ‘honor Maine’s status as most forested state’
The Town of Rockport received one proposal by a local group to develop the 7.6-acre of parcel of property at the corner of routes 1 and 90 into “Rockport Crossing” – a mixed-up commercial,…
Citizens will oversee potential development of West Street parcel
ROCKPORT — Members of the Rockport Select Board appointed five of nine potential candidates to serve on the newly formed RES Redevelopment Committee during an Oct. 15 meeting. The votes were not…
ROCKPORT — A municipal committee in Rockport, along with the…
Rockport is seeking volunteers to serve on the recently formed RES Redevelopment Committee. This committee, which is the official outgrowth of an informal group that has been meeting for a year to…
Request for qualifications to be considered at Aug. 12 Select Board meeting
ROCKPORT — A group of town officials and employees met July 17 to prepare a draft of a request for qualifications (RFQ) which will be sent to potential developers interested in building a mixed…
Parcel at intersection of Rtes 1, 90 may feature retail, residences
A group of Rockport elected officials and town employees met recently to discuss further plans for the development of the former Rockport Elementary School (RES) site at the corner of West and…
Meeting tonight: Public encouraged to attend
ROCKPORT — What shall the vacant, publicly-owned 7.67-acre lot on the corner of routes 1 and 90, across from the Market Basket, look like? Should it be developed? How so? Should the ball field…
ROCKPORT — The informal group that has been meeting to tap ideas for the future of the former Rockport Elementary School site on West Street in Rockport met April 17 at the town office to plan a…
Public forum perhaps in May
ROCKPORT — In May, Rockport residents may be invited to a workshop seeking feedback on the potential development of the the now vacant 7 acre lot on the corner of Routes 1 and 90, and on which the…
Meeting March 27
ROCKPORT — An unofficial town committee will meet again March 27 to continue its brainstorming about what uses the former Rockport Elementary School site on the corner of West Street and Route 1…
Meeting Nov. 14
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Select Board has turned its attention to the future of the 4.9 acre site which was home to the former Rockport Elementary School on West Street, at the corner of a busy…
Select board, business owners convene
ROCKPORT — At a special workshop of the select board, approximately 20 Rockport business owners gathered at the Rockport…
Changing landscape on southwesterly side of Rockport Village
ROCKPORT — A busy corner on Route 1 is poised for a major transformation, as ideas percolate among the landowners who have purchased key properties at the south end of Rockport Village known as…
With a yank of the chain, chimney heaves over
ROCKPORT — There's a big slab of open concrete on West Street where Rockport Elementary School stood for almost 60 years, swept clean of all debris collected following its tear-down. But the space…
