The site of a former elementary school has found a new purpose as housing for older adults in Fryeburg, Maine.

The new Snow School Apartments is a prime example of how unused public property can be turned into an essential community resource, according to developer Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in Northern New England.

The new housing is on the site of the former Charles A. Snow School, an elementary that was shuttered in 2017. Avesta purchased the property from the town of Fryeburg and developed 28 new homes for people 55 and older on the site.