PortlandMEnerd

Hoping for a more inclusive, vibrant, and green future with the understanding that today's decisions will shape tomorrow's possibilities.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

I lived across the street from here for 2 years. This spot is RIPE for some awesome mix-use redevelopment.

https://t.co/bssCzQDfYN

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@murphelaw @DavidCMorse @PressHerald got hit by a poorly communicated subscription renewal charge on the 1st. That intro $99 price goes up to over $200 after the year is up.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

Today is a massive L for heat pumps in Maine.

Rocking snow pants, gloves and a winter hat inside while mounting up the courage to see if there are any space heaters left in southern ME because our unit's heat pumps are failing. BRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

2nd time in 2 months
@catculley

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

Hey @MaineDMR, I strongly recommend limiting the amount of upfront personal data you collect for your online LEEDS user signup and creation workflow.

There's 0 need to give birth date, ssn, and email address just to create an account. This is a security risk and a PIA to users.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

Between StarLink, the commodification of Machine Learning, industrial IoT, and cloud computing. I think we can do this. A marine network that powers automated mariculture should be possible. No reason we can't have lobsters AND whales, too!

https://t.co/iUvCuykCMH

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

First time logging in since Musk took over and you can thank the @TheTownsman_ for the return. Its article about the past 30 years of renting in Portland asks a great question, "Why are we, as a city, allowing all of this human potential to go elsewhere?"

https://t.co/wy8dKCa5BA

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@mayorstrim @PragmaticPortl1 You lost BIG and that's win for all of southern Maine.

Stop the spinning.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@mayorstrim @sean_dundon The IZ policy in GND is a big factor to 9 units and less phenomena while this new law further limits the up side to creating new rentals.

Why invest in new rental units in Portland when you can do so in every neighbouring town for less and profit more? Yay more sprawl!!!

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@mayorstrim @sean_dundon $200k for every 9 condo units OR have a 10+ rental units? Policy wise Pro-more people would pick the later choice.

Appreciate the gesture to inclusion but your policies are exclusionary. Thanks for making even MORE expensive to live here...

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@sean_dundon @mayorstrim More million dollar condos - Thanks DSA!!!!

Friggen jerks.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@mayorstrim We're going to see a giant wave of rental conversions in the near future and drop off of new rental units proposed. This is a lost for welcoming new people into town and the lone win for the excluders.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@myles_g_smith @catculley @jamesecradockjr The bike parking there is a joke to top it off...

[Catherine Culley🫶 @catculley]

Holy Shit! Westbrook has 1,301 units of housing either proposed or in planning!!!!!!!! Incredible!!!! 🤯

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@timorousme @xto9074 Portland's occupancy rate is almost 100% which is crazy. This doesn't happen when there's a healthy supply. The fact everyone can point to the same ~10 units and say this is "the problem" suggests that the actual problem is much bigger.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@timorousme @xto9074 It doesn't need to be like this but no one - not even the so called radicals - want to address this.

Instead we have 34 pages of supporting documents to explain poorly written referendum questions.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@timorousme @xto9074 At a slower rate than anywhere else in southern ME. Heck, Cape Elizabeth has built more housing than Portland when looking at percents. The reason being, again, zoning. Go look at Portland's zoning map and then walk around town. It's maddening once you see it. We're maxed out.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@timorousme @xto9074 Over the last 10 years Southern ME added 40k+ new residents. 38k of those pps went to everywhere but Portland because they are able to build there. We can change that but it means changing our zoning laws.

I.e. it means becoming developer friendly.

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@JLevinePWM @PlanningAutumn Consider Bangor analogous to Winterfall

[PortlandMEnerd @PortlandMENerd]

@timorousme @xto9074 That type of mentality is exactly why we have a housing crisis in the first place...