As new industry grows in Aroostook, housing for workers is uncertain

As new industry grows in Aroostook, housing for workers is uncertain

Over the next two decades, Scott Wardwell imagines a 72-acre swath of land at the Presque Isle International Airport transforming into a sprawling complex for aerospace companies looking to tap into the vast and unencumbered airspace above the North Maine Woods. The complex would bring more than 400 new jobs for scientists and engineers, Wardwell, the airport director, estimates, not counting support staff. The influx would reshape the face of i…