Title

Bangor Urban Renewal Authority Annual Report, 1965

Alternative Title

Bangor Urban Renewal Authority: Building a Better Bangor, Annual Report, 1965

Creator

Bangor Urban Renewal Authority

Date

1965

Description

Review: 1965 was a year of intensive activity and progress in the Stillwater Park Project. Property acquisition was completed, as well as the relocation of families, businesses and individuals. Demolition of structures neared completion and a major portion of the planned public improvements was concluded under contracts to the City Public Works Department and private contractors. Preparations were made for property disposition and a program of voluntary and compulsory rehabilitation was instituted. Although poor titles hampered the acquisition program, negotiations were successfully concluded for all but 6 parcels out of a total workload of 211. The downtown renewal project entered the execution stage in 1965. Preparations were made for property acquisition, and by year's end, the Agency had acquired 4 commercial properties. Negotiations were held with potential developers, both the outside re-development specialist, and the local entrepreneur, as well as displaced businesses desiring land for relocation in the project area. Design consultants were engaged to assist the Agency in setting design objectives and criteria, which will be utilized in requesting proposals for redevelopment. At least 12 business firms had relocated into existing or new facilities.

Subject

Bangor (Me.)--History--20th Century

City planning--Maine--Bangor

Kenduskeag Stream Urban Renewal Project (Bangor, Me.)

Stillwater Park Urban Renewal Project (Bangor, Me.)

Urban policy--Maine--Bangor

Urban renewal--Maine--Bangor

Type

Annual reports

Informational works

Spatial Coverage

Bangor (Me.)

Temporal Coverage

Nineteen sixties

Twentieth century

Language

English

Is Part Of

Bangor Public Library Special Collections

Rights