PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 3, 2023
A new city-owned park is coming to Portland’s North Deering neighborhood. The 24-acre park will mostly preserve existing wooded areas and trails, with little development planned. But city and state leaders say the park helps fill a need in an area that lacked public green space. The sale of the land went through last week, with the city purchasing two private properties for $833,000 – paid for with state and federal grants and private fundraising.