Falmouth EDIC Takes Steps Toward Affordable Housing Near Bus Station

A site map depicts the area adjacent to Falmouth Station being investigated by EDIC for a potential affordable housing development.

By Kurt Achin
Falmouth Enterprise

Falmouth Economic Development and Industrial Corporation plan to undertake a market needs study as a precursor to a possible affordable housing development adjacent to Falmouth Station.

At its monthly meeting Tuesday, April 11, board members expressed willingness to commission an assessment of the site, which encompasses about two acres of wooded land bordering the bus depot and the Steamship Authority ferry parking lot. Buses that turn off Palmer Avenue to arrive at the station trace an outline around the northern edge of the prospective project site.

Economic corporation Executive Director Wayne H. Lingafelter described the study as a logical first step.

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