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V O L . X X V I N O. I I I F E B R UA R Y 1 0 , 2 0 2 0 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Ken Hanson SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Andrea Tetzlaff SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Betsy VanderPloeg MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken RESEARCH DIRECTOR Timothy Doyle RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PRESIDENT Joe Zwiebel C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder C O N T E N T S A $90M bet on Biddeford Turning an empty lot into an urban 'pearl' 12 14 Reshaping Scarborough At The Downs, a 'live-work-play' community springs to life 18 20 Building a community Residents of a manufactured home park form a co-op to control their future Saco creating a seafood cluster Location and affordable space draw a growing number of seafood businesses S O U T H E R N M A I N E F O C U S R E G I O N A L T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 1 » sbsavings.bank | (207) 284-4591 Our focus is on you — our friends and families. We see how much you love it here and we do too. As the oldest bank in Maine, we've been here for over 190 years. And we'll be in it together for 190 more. OUR BANK'S TIGHT-KNIT BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS TOO. C M Y CM MY CY CMY K ai15804194085_MaineBiz Southern Maine 2-10 Ad.pdf 1 1/30/2020 4:23:30 PM P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y C RO S S RO A D S H O L D I N G S I N C . P H O T O / M A U R E E N M I L L I K E N P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Shawn McEwen Shawn McEwen, left, and , left, and Morey Highbarger Morey Highbarger, , co-owners of co-owners of Sea Salt Lobster Co. Sea Salt Lobster Co., in Saco , in Saco Roccy Risbara Roccy Risbara, developer , developer of of The Downs. The Downs. 20 18 14 Charter Oaks, now under co-op structure.

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