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Island Commons

132 Littlefield Road Chebeague Island, Maine 04017 www.islandcommons.com

Administrator, Amy Rich 207-846-5610 amy.rich@islandcommons.com

Holiday Party! Friday, Dec 8 th , 4:30-6:30

Many thanks to The Niblic and artists/writers Tom Cushman, Mary Cushman, Nancy Maull and Paul & Avis Hodge for donating all of their Niblic sales to The Commons! Seeking WINTER VOLUNTEERS to play games, tell stories, share knowledge & ideas or help during dinner. High School students can earn Community Service hours! Call Amy 846 5610z.

Red Studio Holiday Shopping Day: Sat, Nov 25 th 10am to 12pm

A very warm welcome to our newest resident, Sheila Jordan! ~~~ We have room for a lady at the Commons, please contact Amy Rich at 846-5610

Join our Chebeague In-Home Care Team!

We welcome the knowledge, expertise and experience of these new members of our Board of Directors: Norma Drew, Meg Greene, Denis Johnson, Bill Kerrigan, Scott Sawyer and Sarah Van Fleet Thank you all for joining our team! Join our Chebeague In-Home Care Team!

We need an on-island Chebeague Cares worker for 8-10 hours per week. Join our team and help our elders on Chebeague “stay put.” Call Amy Rich 846-5610

Chebeague Island Community Association

Maine State Grant: CICA has applied for a grant from the Maine State Housing Program to help increase the number of year-round rental options here on Chebeague. The grant of $840,000 will be used towards building a total of four affordable rental units. Our current plan is to build on two parcels of land: one parcel with a duplex consisting of two three-bedroom structures (units 1 and 2) and a second parcel with a single family home (unit 3) and an accessory dwelling unit (unit 4).

current rental units). While preparing our plans for this project, we came across a Memorandum of Understanding between CICA and the Town of Chebeague. This memo states that this parcel of land would not be further developed and we want to honor that commitment to the Town, so we have decided not to move forward with further building on this land. As a result, we are now exploring other land options that would be suitable for units 3 and 4. While we are looking for alternative parcels of land that we may be able to build on, our hope is to collaborate with an island neighbor willing to donate 1.5 acres of land for the purpose of year-round rental housing on Chebeague. If you have any thoughts or questions about our current projects (or if we may be able to offer helpful information on how to support year round housing efforts on Chebeague), please feel free to reach out to any of our board members. Bill McKenzie, Kel Haney, Bob Earnest, Tracy Calder, Hank Whethem, Virginia Castine, & Ben Yosua-Davis

When applying for the grant, we were in the process of being gifted a parcel of land from Stacie and Toby Webb. As a result, we now own the land needed to build units 1 and 2 and are now beginning to move forward with the plans for that parcel.

Initially, we planned to build units 3 and 4 on a piece of property on School House Road (which neighbors our

NOVEMBER 2023 CHEBEAGUE ISLAND COUNCIL CALENDAR

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