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Voter Registration in Affordable Housing
Voter Registration in Affordable Housing Volunteers from the League of Women Voters, Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, and Common Power (a national nonprofit focused on voter justice) visited Avesta Housing properties throughout Maine in September

Affordable Housing Inspires New Possibilities in Wood Construction
Maine-based nonprofit developer Avesta Housing has been building affordable multi-family homes for almost 50 years. With 100 properties, 2,700 apartments and two assisted-living facilities under their belt, more than 3,000 households remain on their waiting list

Nonprofit Profile: Avesta Housing
2021 Goals Avesta Housing believes that everyone deserves a place to call home. Our goals for the next year include: Goal 1: Provide infrastructure and services that allow seniors to age in place gracefully. Goal 2: Increase and

Avesta’s new maintenance facility centralized and efficient
It took a while for Avesta Housing Development Corp. to find the right property to establish a centralized maintenance facility. But a 12,000-square-foot industrial building at 2257 West Broadway in South Portland is expected to

Medicine’s new virtual reality: Telehealth is poised for further growth in Maine
Home has been lonely during the pandemic for 73-year-old Portland resident Mary Gagnon, but a bit less so thanks to regular check-ins with a virtual medical care team through a touch-screen tablet and phone calls.

Thomaston considering two housing proposals for town green
THOMASTON, Maine — Voters in Thomaston will be deciding the fate of two housing development proposals Tuesday that could help broaden the town’s tax base and provide housing for both older adults and people with

84 companies named Maine’s ‘best places to work’
Despite changes in the workplace brought on by the pandemic, the Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resources Management has named 84 companies as the winners in the 15th annual “Best Places to

Telehealth Solution for Older Adults Living in Affordable Housing
Avesta is pleased to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Senscio Systems, a Maine-based developer of artificial intelligence solutions for health conditions. We will introduce to residents at select properties Ibis (pronounced eye-biss), a comprehensive solution

Former Martel School housing project is a go in Lewiston
The Lewiston Planning Board on Monday night approved a new housing plan for the former Martel School in a 5-2 vote. Avesta Housing Development Officer Catherine Elliott said Tuesday that Lewiston Housing Authority will own