Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority

Kestrel's Brunswick landing: Klapmeier discusses drones, skeptics of Navy base venture

BRUNSWICK — It started with a voice-mail message. In the spring, several months after a bitter split with the company he founded, aviation visionary Alan Klapmeier left a message for the agency redeveloping Brunswick Naval Air Station. The message, according to Klapmeier...

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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Earmark could send $425k to SMCC's Brunswick campus

BRUNSWICK — An earmark within a congressional bill funding health and education could provide $425,000 in start-up funding for the Southern Maine Community College's campus at the redeveloped Brunswick Naval Air Station. The proposed earmark, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D...

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 11:30 am
Aviation revolutionary picks BNAS for new venture; Kestrel Aircraft to anchor Brunswick Landing, create up to 300 jobs

AUGUSTA — The agency redeveloping Brunswick Naval Air Station signed an anchor tenant Friday morning, a deal Gov. John Baldacci said would reverberate well beyond the soon-to-be-decommissioned U.S. Navy base.

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Friday, July 23, 2010 at 10:20 am
Brunswick base agency lures 'exciting new business,' eyes federal tax credits to attract others

BATH — Just days before the scheduled announcement of a major tenant at Brunswick Naval Air Station, the agency redeveloping the base said it is considering entering a national tax credit program to lure tenants. The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority board of directors met in...

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 11:30 am
FAA concerns force base garden proponents to regroup

BRUNSWICK — The group hoping to bring world-class botanical gardens and a park to Brunswick Naval Air Station is reshuffling its plans to acquire property at the decommissioning military facility. The

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Brunswick air show part of 2011 Naval aviation centennial

BRUNSWICK — The redevelopers of Brunswick Naval Air Station will host their first Great State of Maine Air Show & Business Aviation Expo next summer. Although the base ...

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 9:30 am
Baldacci stumps in South Portland for bond proposals, SMCC campus at Brunswick base

SOUTH PORTLAND — Gov. John Baldacci made an appearance at Southern Maine Community College Tuesday to champion a June 8 bond proposal that includes funding to establish a new campus at Brunswick Naval Air Station. The so-called Maine Advanced Technology and Engineering Center will be...

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Brunswick officials unhappy with BNAS fields deal

BRUNSWICK — Town officials say the agency redeveloping Brunswick Naval Air Station reneged on a 3-year-old deal for recreational fields when it agreed to turn them over to Southern Maine Community College last week. During its May 18 board meeting, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment...

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Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 7:50 am
Brunswick base airport heightens funding competition; redevelopment agency hopes to tap STAR account

BRUNSWICK — The agency redeveloping Brunswick Naval Air Station is seeking a $1.3 million slice of a state fund already eyed for other transit projects, including expanded operations for the Amtrak Downeaster and airports currently undergoing modernization projects. The Midcoast Regi...

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Brunswick base agency seeks tax-free zone, says it won't compete with Auburn

TOPSHAM — The agency overseeing the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station is seeking a trade zone that would shelter imported products from federal tariffs. The Foreign Trade Zone was pitched by Midcoast ...

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 2:40 pm