Selling Congress Square Park makes economic sense (“Developers’ goal: Transform Congress Square Plaza,” April 24). The city should sell it, allowing Rockbridge Capital to build an event space there. It will increase Portland’s tax revenue, add jobs and bring in outsiders to spend money locally. This makes sense. Why stop there? The city should sell […]

The proposed east-west highway is drawing a lot of concern from residents whose towns or townships may be along the route. This is typical of any improvement proposed in Maine to help the business environment. These towns need the state’s financial backing to fund essentials within their communities, so by resisting business improvements such as […]

Despite a large and diverse crowd of people who expressed their disapproval of the move to sell Congress Square Plaza to a private corporation last August, for some unknown reason the four members of the City Council’s Housing and Community Development Committee continue to negotiate with this corporation. This is a very disturbing example of […]