Camden residents will vote this summer on allowing the town to enter into a sale agreement with a developer who intends to build a makerspace for entrepreneurs and craftspeople, as well as housing units on the site of a former tannery.
The project was chosen from four proposals the town received last year for the site of the former Apollo Tannery, which the town has owned for nearly two decades. Other proposals included a 30 to 50 unit affordable housing development, a park and a proposal from Habitat for Humanity to build single family homes.
The town and the developer, Cranesport LLC, still need to flush out the details of potential tax incentives and zoning changes the project will require from the inorder for the project to be feasible. But Camden Select Board members voted 3-2 Tuesday night to ask residents at the annual town meeting in June to permit officials to…
