Biddeford gets $1.2 million grant to help transform industrial waterfront

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 13, 2021

Biddeford will use a $1.2 million federal grant to help turn the site of a former trash incinerator into a mixed-use riverfront district. The city received the grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Public Works program to reconstruct and make utility improvements on Pearl Street, where Biddeford’s first parking garage is being built. The short road extends from Elm Street to the edge of the Saco River and runs through the heart of the historic mill district, where current and planned projects are adding hundreds of residential units, space for new businesses and the parking garage.