Rebecca Hatfield

The subject was ‘The Housing Crisis: Can we Crack the Code?’ which featured industry experts from architects and municipal and regional planners to developers, builders and bankers. 

Jennifer Hawkins will take the helm as president and CEO of Avesta Housing on July 14.

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care institutions and professional services firms in Maine.

Rebecca Hatfield, who resigned as president and CEO of Avesta Housing effective Nov. 30, will take a leadership role created for her at Hancock Lumber.

The recipients have gone above and beyond in their roles — bringing a focus on humanity to everything they do.

The program aims to help moderate-income Maine residents who would otherwise be priced out of the homeownership marketplace.

The $9.7 million development, with 28 units, demonstrates that unused public property can be repurposed to create a resource for the community, said Avesta.

The Portland-based developer of affordable housing held a grand opening for the 40-unit River Turn Apartments, Avesta's first community in the Mount Washington Valley region of New Hampshire.

Rebecca Hatfield, president and CEO of Portland-based Avesta Housing, has been appointed to a three-year term on the New England Community Development Advisory Council of the Boston Fed.

The bank donated 12 acres and over $500,000 to Avesta in 2023, to facilitate development of a 70-unit affordable housing community for ages 55 and older.