๐ย ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌย ๐ข๐ย ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ย ๐ช๐๐ง๐ย ๐ง๐๐ข๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฆย ๐๐ข๐ฅย ๐ง๐๐ย ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐
๐๐ถ๐๐ตย ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ย ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต,ย ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒย ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐นย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑย ๐ก๐ผ๐ฒ๐นย ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป
๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ,ย ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ย ๐ญ๐ฌ,ย ๐ฑ:๐ฏ๐ฌย ๐ฃ๐ ย ๐ฎ๐ย ๐๐ฎ๐๐ย ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟย ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐นย ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐
Affordable and available housing has reached a crisis on MDI and difficult conversations are taking place in every community about possible solutions. How did we get here?
Join us on Thursday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. for “A History of Housing with Thoughts for the Future” with speakers Raney Bench from theย Mount Desert Island Historical Societyย and Susanne Paul and Noel Musson with the Housing Solutions Initiative (www.mdihousingsolutions.org)
Our history sheds light on how housing has kept pace with population growth and what changes brought about the current crises. Knowing the facts from our past adds context to the debates taking place today and provides models for community decision-making. Learn more about development and community growth over the past two centuries and explore how island residents and visitors resolved challenges in the past, followed by a conversation about our community values and how we can come together to solve problems. This talk is inspired by Eliza Bryant Worrick’s 2024 Chebacco History Journal article, ‘The Influence of the Seasonal Economy on Mount Desert Islandโs Year-Round Housing Patternsโ
The program is offered in person. Register at:ย https://forms.gle/XnnkesnMK4LZRovB8
Image of Edwin โNedโ W. Lawson House, West Tremont viaย Southwest Harbor Public Library