Former Midcoast Dairy to Become Housing and Conserved Farmland

Former midcoast dairy to become housing and conserved farmland

A former Rockport dairy farm will be repurposed for farmland conservation and mid-market housing. Erickson Fields Preserve, a still-working farm on Route 90, has been conserved by Maine Coast Heritage Trust since 2009. Last year, the trust acquired 6 acres across the road that was once the farm’s family homestead; on Friday, it donated an acre of that land along with an 1850s farmhouse and old dairy barns to the Midcoast Regional Housing Trust, …

Collaboration expands Erickson Fields preserve and advances workforce housing in Rockport

ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust and MidCoast Regional Housing Trust have joined forces on a unique project with dual outcomes: Conserving productive farmland and advancing the development of year-round workforce housing in Rockport.