Are Big Donors getting Tax Write-offs for developing Citizen owned Land?
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

Are Big Donors getting Tax Write-offs for developing Citizen owned Land?

Are Orono Parks FOR SALE to big donors?

After the City of Orono held a public meeting without recording it nor broadcasting it, now we look at the agenda packet for the next City Council meeting and what do we see? Entire projects getting shoved through without public hearings including a large open air Pickleball complex in the Long Lake Holbrook neighborhood.

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Will Orono Lose the Donation Garden?
Barbara Schmidt Barbara Schmidt

Will Orono Lose the Donation Garden?

Another park is slated for change in Orono. This time it is The Donation Garden, started in 2011 and located behind the Long Lake Fire Department. City officials are looking at ways to put in a parking lot and recreation courts that can only be used in the warmer months. We are looking to the upcoming open house for a plan that leaves The Donation Garden intact without moving or disrupting its important mission.

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