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Neighbors urge cap on recovery homes after ninth facility proposed near Fifth and Cedar
Summary
Residents told the Bangor City Council that a property at 168 Cedar Street was purchased to become another recovery home in an area they say already contains eight recovery centers; speakers urged a cap on the concentration of recovery services near homes and a school pick-up location.
Residents of a Bangor neighborhood urged the City Council Monday to enact limits on the number of recovery residences in a single area after they said a property at 168 Cedar Street was purchased for use as another recovery home.
Leslie Burgum, who identified herself as a resident of Bangor, said about eight drug-and-alcohol recovery centers already exist near her address and that children’s pickup for school occurs at Fifth and Cedar, directly across from 168 Cedar Street. Burgum said the recently purchased property sold for $150,000, “way below market,” and described the neighborhood as one where families are investing in home improvements and where another recovery house would “greatly downgrade the value affecting tax income to the city.” She said residents were “not opposed to recovery houses” in principle but oppose further concentration in that neighborhood.
Burgum asked the council whether there should be a cap on the number of recovery residences in a single area. The remarks were submitted during the initial public comment period; no council vote or referral on a cap was recorded during the meeting. The council accepted her written materials for the record.
