Workforce Housing RFQ

• October 20, 2025

October 14, 2025

Contact: Steve Levesque (207) 841-9955

The Town of Lincoln is seeking qualifications from housing developers to partner with the Town to construct 50 – 120 units of workforce-oriented housing to support the current and future housing needs of the community.

The Town of Lincoln is aggressively working to redevelop the site of the former Lincoln Pulp & Tissue Mill. As the redevelopment effort unfolds, there will be an increasing need to support the housing needs of the workforce at the mill site and in the greater community.

The Town owns approximately seven acres of land at the terminus of Katahdin Drive it desires to make available for new housing development. The project site is in the area of housing activity when the mill was active and is suitable for new multi and single-family housing development.

The Town of Lincoln is a major service center for the northern Penobscot county region. The year-round population in the Town of Lincoln is 4,866 and 15,960 in the greater region. (US Census 2023). The lack of quality housing for middle-income residents of Lincoln and the surrounding region is an impediment to both population and regional economic growth, and also threatens the viability of existing businesses and local institutions such as the hospital and schools. The median incomes of the workforce in Lincoln and the greater region are $50,961 and $48,374, respectively. (US Census 2023).

In order to address the issue of available workforce housing in the community and greater region, the Town of Lincoln aims to begin solving this problem by collaborating with a qualified developer to develop a mix of rental and ownership housing units on town-owned land on and adjacent to Katahdin Avenue. We envision rental and owner- occupied units that would service the moderate-income ranges of 80-120 % of annual incomes.

Please find the full RFQ here