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Brownfields

R1 Success Story: Homestead Nursing Home, Kittery, ME

Route 1 in Kittery, Maine, is an important commercial and transportation corridor and for many is the first entry point into the state from the south. The former Homestead Nursing Home on Route 1, a vacant and blighted structure, was an eyesore and hazard for the community. It attracted trespassing and vandalism.

Read the following Brownfields Success Story fact sheet for more information about Homestead Nursing Home, Kittery, Maine.

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