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Tax increment financing (TIF) is a local public finance tool available to municipal governments in the state of Maine. [1] TIF in the state of Maine refers to a program different from tax increment financing in most states. TIF in Maine refers to a process by which a local government in the state can underwrite their revenues in order to ...
Cushing is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,502 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] A favorite of artists for its unspoiled natural setting, Cushing includes the villages of North Cushing, Cushing, South Cushing, and Pleasant Point.
According to the 2020 United States census, Maine is the 9th least populous state, with 1,372,247 inhabitants, and the 12th smallest by land area, spanning 30,842.92 square miles (79,882.8 km 2). [1] Maine is divided into 16 counties and contains 482 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, and plantations. [2]
The unorganized territory (UT) of Maine is the area of Maine that has no local, incorporated municipal government. The unorganized territory consists of 435 townships, primarily heavily forested areas of the state's north, east, and west, along with de-organized municipalities and islands.
1909 view of two 12-inch disappearing guns of Battery Bowdoin and Ram Island Ledge. 12-inch disappearing gun, similar to those at Fort Levett.. Fort Levett was a former U.S. Army fort built on Cushing Island, Maine, beginning in 1898.
The Benjamin Burton Garrison Site is a historic archaeological site in Cushing, Maine.It is the location of a palisaded stone blockhouse built in 1753 by Benjamin Burton, an Irish immigrant who came to what was then a frontier area in 1751.
Olson House is a 14-room Colonial farmhouse in Cushing, Maine. The house was made famous by its depiction in Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World. The house and its occupants, Christina and Alvaro Olson, were depicted in numerous paintings and sketches by Wyeth from 1939 to 1968. The house was designated as a National Historic Landmark in June 2011.
Of all households, 25.1% were made up of individuals, and 10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.89. The median age in the town was 45 years. 22.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22% were from 25 to 44 ...