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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 11 J U LY 2 7 , 2 0 2 0 farm. PSC LLC, of South Portland, proposed four buildings containing 12 two-bedroom units on a 1.3-acre parcel at 66 Evans St. South Portland is a major terminus for petroleum shipping, the base of the Portland- Montreal pipeline, and the site of roughly 120 oil storage tanks operated by a half dozen companies. A number of tanks border residential areas. e proposed development, Residences at Evans Street, would be situated at the corner of Hill Street and would abut the sprawling site of 23 oil stor- age tanks owned by Portland Pipe Line Corp. to the east. As part of the project, PSC would raze a vacant single-family home. PSC acquired the property for $390,000 last October from Daniel R. Williams, and it has an assessed value of $212,000, accord- ing to city records. e development would include 31 parking spaces, a small management office and the expansion of an existing driveway. e developer expects the project cost to be about $500,000, according to the application. N O T E W O R T H Y S O U T H E R N The Mitchell Institute, a nonprofit in Portland founded by U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell to improve college out- comes for Maine students, awarded a total of $1.45 million in Mitchell Scholarships to 145 public high school students across the state. The city of South Portland estab- lished a COVID-19 Hardship Small Business Grant to assist South Portland businesses that have been or continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Maine Properties, a property manage- ment company in Scarborough, ac- quired Southern Maine Remodeling. Trek Across Maine raises $550K, virtually e American Lung Association's largest U.S. fundraising event refused to let the pandemic stop its par- ticipants from raising money for an important cause. is year's Trek Across Maine, conducted virtually for the first time, raised $550,000 to support COVID-19 research and lung health. e 36th annual cycling trip drew 1,261 participants from 48 states. Typically held over Father's Day week- end, Trek Across Maine is a three-day, 180-mile ride across the midcoast and central Maine. e ride usually begins in Brunswick, and then winds through Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville, often spurring business and commu- nity events along the way. Moosehead development plans to be discussed e Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Land Use Planning Commission is set to launch a new regional planning process around zon- ing for the Moosehead Lake region after shelving a controversial develop- ment plan. LUPC's decision concerns the Moosehead Region Concept Plan to develop more than 380,000 acres submitted by Plum Creek Timber Co. and recently withdrawn by its owner since 2016, Seattle-based Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY ). It submitted a petition to withdraw the Moosehead Region Concept Plan last September. is past March, the LUPC deter- mined that the petition was complete for processing, paving the way for last week's decision that takes the plan off the table forever and means a restart for regional planning. Signalling the start of a new chapter with the Weyerhaeuser plan shelved for good, the LUPC said its latest decision "offers the community and the region an opportunity to choose future land uses on 16,910 acres previously desig- nated for development." N O T E W O R T H Y C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N Central Maine Growth Council in Waterville opened applications to its Waterville Region Small Business Grant, a new program designed to respond to the COVID-19 related needs of small businesses in Fairfield, Oakland, Waterville and Winslow. King presses aid for lobster industry U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, urged the federal government to honor its commitment to provide support for Maine's credit unions are here for you. mainecreditunions.org Building a Foundation for Success Maine credit unions know how important local businesses are to our economy. Our goal is to work with you to build a solid banking relationship. From savings, checking and loans to convenient services like mobile and online banking, and remote deposits. Our focus is on people, not profit. M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N

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