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June 4, 2009

Micmacs acquire land for development

By The Mainebiz News Staff

The Aroostook Band of Micmacs has acquired property at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, which the tribe says it will use for economic development.

In a deal completed Tuesday, the 1,000-member Micmac tribe now owns a 13 million-gallon oil tank farm, a coal handling facility, several large buildings and 619 acres of mixed hard- and soft-wood land, according to the Bangor Daily News. The deal was 14 years in the making, being delayed for environmental mitigation and bureaucratic reasons, according to the paper. A Micmac spokesman would not reveal the cost of the acquisition.

The spokesman told the paper that the tribe will use the buildings and land for environmentally friendly initiatives, potentially storing wood pellets or manufacturing wind turbine blades.

 

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