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If we raise taxes high enough can the Boothbay Region become a viable Martha Vineyard copycat?

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The recent article in the Boothbay Register titled BRHT looks to Martha’s Vineyard’s housing model, quotes The Boothbay Region Housing Trust’s Cindi Watson. in comparing the Boothbay Region to Martha’s Vineyard, MA “They're talking about an island and we're talking about a peninsula, they're talking about commuters coming over on the ferry, But we're talking about the 4,000 cars that are commuting into Boothbay every day and leave.”

FACT CHECK! “4,000 cars that are commuting into Boothbay every day and leave.”

If that is true the Boothbay Region must have expanded at a far more radical rate than it seems since 2015 when the Camoin Report, an economic development master plan produced by New York consultants, commissioned, by the JECD group, published this data taken from the year 2014:

Employed in Boothbay Region 2,358

Employed in Boothbay Region but Living Outside 1,417 60%

Employed and Living in Boothbay Region 941 40%

Living in Boothbay Region 2,415

Living in B…