CUMBERLAND, Maine — Voters in Cumberland overwhelmingly rejected a proposed affordable housing project.
Tuesday night, the town voted 2,545 to 1,163 against the plan, which would have been built on the town's baseball fields.
The project included 107 housing units for individuals earning less than $50,000 and families making less than $71,000.
"We're going to continue to look for other opportunities in communities that have a need or want us to be there," Tyler Norod, the real-estate development director for Westbrook Development Corp, said.
The chair of Cumberland's town council, Mark Segrist, told NEWS CENTER Maine he has heard many reasons why voters rejected the proposal.
'I think for some people, it was the size of the project," Mark said. "For some people, it was the location of the project. For some, it was potential concerns about tax impacts. For others, it was concerns about maybe adding additional students to the school, which is already overcrowded."
Voters in the town of Kingfield also rejected a ballot measure to allow for more affordable housing units in the community.