
We are indebted to more than 100 families, business, foundations, and other funders that donated and helped us reach our $200,000 campaign goal by December 31, 2017. Thank you! It will take us a few more months of due diligence before the Town of Yarmouth takes ownership of the parcel at a planned closing.
Together we are helping save one of Yarmouth’s last remaining pieces of unfragmented habitat and shoreline along the Royal River: In Yarmouth the Royal River’s undeveloped shoreline and habitat is rapidly disappearing as our community grows. The Royal River’s shoreline from East Elm street upriver to North Yarmouth still remains mostly undeveloped and naturally supports beavers, otters, deer, and a variety of bird species and distinct flora. This environment creates a surprisingly remote experience for paddling in the summer and skating, snowshoeing and skiing in the winter.
Only our generation can save the remaining land before it is too late: The Royal River Conservation Trust and the Town of Yarmouth worked in close partnership to raise the necessary funds to purchase 24 acres of riverfront land that is owned by Steve and Greg Dugas, Yarmouth residents. The Dugas riverfront property abuts the 22 acre Town-owned Hilda Barker Preserve and the 35 acre Town-owned Sligo Road Preserve directly across the Royal River. The connection of these preserves will create a corridor for trails and will protect one half mile of shoreline. This new Riverfront Woods Preserve creates a lush sanctuary that is also accessible from growing neighborhoods. These lands are part of a nearly 1,000 acre multi-town unfragmented habitat.
We met our goal to raise $200,000 by December 31, 2017. Thank you!
Thank you to CCB Construction Services for stepping to the plate as a Leading Business Donor! Other business funders include Kennebec Savings Bank, Estabrook’s, cowles studio | landscape architecture, and more. Grant support comes from many including the Land for Maine’s Future program and the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership.
More information online:
Riverfront Woods Preserve trails and public website (under development)
Recent press articles on the campaign
Click here: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and campaign fine print.
For questions or information about the campaign, please contact:
Alan Stearns, Executive Director, RRCT: Alan@RRCT.org cell (207) 215-8315
For questions or information on the Town’s role, please contact: Karyn MacNeill, Director of Community Services, Town of Yarmouth, KMacNeill@yarmouth.me.us (207) 846-2406
CAMPAIGN BUDGET INFORMATION:
Steve and Greg Dugas have generously agreed to sell this riverfront land for below the appraised value. We began the campaign with funds for more than 40% of the discounted purchase price of the land already identified, as the Town Council plans to commit $110,000 in available land acquisition reserve funds toward the $250,000 purchase price. Please contact us for more specific budget information beyond this summary:
Dugas riverfront property discounted purchase price: $250,000.00
Private funds for town trails, signs, and land management: $20,000.00
Conservation easement (Barker + Dugas): $20,000.00
Due diligence, transactional, and campaign costs: $20,000.00
Total Needed to Acquire Land, others costs & due-diligence: $310,000.00
Less … Town of Yarmouth committed funds: ($110,000.00)
Riverfront Woods Campaign Goal (now complete): $200,000.00**
**The Land for Maine’s Future program awarded $110,000 toward this $200,000 goal. The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership contributed $8,000. The remainder was met by donations from more than 100 families, businesses, and foundations.
Thank you Riverfront Woods Donors:
Pamela B. Adams
Charles and Laurie Ammann
AVANGRID Foundation
Bafflin Foundation
Dan and Julia Bailin
Anne Ball and Dennis Welsh
Kyo Bannai and Craig Schneider
Dave and Cynthia Barnard
Sam Barouch
Laurie Bean
Jeremy Bell and Elizabeth Pratt
Julie Benavides
Bob and Judith Bishop
Donald and Tracy Booth
Nan Butterfield
Doug and Linda Cardente
Marcie and Corvis Catsouphes
David Chalmers
Erin Cinelli and Ben Slayton
Clayton’s Cafe
Kerry and MaryEllen Connell
cowles studio| landscape architecture
Laurel Cox and Adam Sharp
David Craig
James Crofts
Darcy Cunningham
David Kitchen
Deb and Garreth Debiegun
Anthony Debruyn
Peter Dickson
Mary Dowd
Margaret and Tom Downing
Bruce Drouin and Janet Hansen and Family
John Duffy
William Dunn
Eric Elwin and Susan Murr
Estabrook’s
Mark and Pattie Fasold
Irving and Donna Felker
Mr. & Mrs. David Field
Gro Flatebo and Kent Wommack
Richard Flewelling
Ted Foden
Deborah and Crombie Garrett
Ed and Celena Gervais
John Given
Lisa Gorman
Linda and Schuyler Grant
Maura Halkiotis and Tom Renehan
Gardiner Hall
Frank and Constance Harrison
Kathy and Paul Hassett
May Hiebert
Vivian Horoshak and Robert Hawkins
Richard Hubbell
Christopher and Anne Jacobs
Karyn MacNeill
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Kennebec Savings Bank
Judy Knaub
Robert and Caroline Knott
Erik and Catherine Knudsen
Michael and Carolyn Lane
The Laputz Family
Peter Lawlor
Alex Lawrence
Jean and DIck Leslie
Douglass and Rosemarie Lloyd
Christine Manderson and Brian Peters
Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust
Karen Massey and Jeff Thaler
Chris and Steve McDuffie
Sharon McHold and Tom Settlemire
Hillary M. McKinnon
Tred and Lizzie McIntire
Kathy Mills
David and Ruth Morine
Morton-kelly Charitable Trust
Chistiane Northrup
Ann Nye
Hannah and Dan Ostrye
Isabella Pardales
Stacey Pardales
David Pearl
Christine Phelps
Hillary and William Pidden
Christopher and Nancy Pierce
Virginia Remeika
Lisa Fideout and Michael Foley
Robert and Betsy Robson
Josh Royte and Leigh Baker
Karen and John Saucier
Curt and Nina Scribner
Lynne Seeley and Peter Lee
Megan Sevitelli and Michael Dedekian
The Kew/Sharpless Family
The Shurman Family
Elizabeth Small
Bertran Smith and Mary Webber
James Stevens
Jaime and Colles Stowell
Paul and Mary Stuart
Tania Jo and Beth Sturtevant
James and Elizabeth Taylor
Jim Glenn Thatcher
Ann Thayer
The Babbling Brook Fund
Carl Troy
David Truesdell
Tux Turkel and Amy Sinclair
Sarah and Jim Van Fleet
Village Improvement Society
The Waeldner Family
William Ruth and Phyllidia Ku-Ruth
Mary Williamson
Robert Smith and Margaret Creighton
The Town of Yarmouth |
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