Northport To Court Developers for Affordable Housing, Voters to Decide on Dam
By Art Bukowski | May 25, 2026
Northport will soon be ready to talk to developers about affordable housing, and voters there will likely decide the fate of the village’s Mill Pond dam.
The Ticker checked in with Village Manager Jered Ottenwess for the latest on these initiatives.
Housing moves forward
Since Ottwnwess started early last year, Northport has taken several significant steps to pursue affordable/attainable/workforce housing.
In addition to incentivizing workforce housing within village limits, the village executed a land split that preserved a de facto public park while carving out a small chunk for affordable housing.
Then, at a work session in March, the village council saw several different conceptual housing plans for two …
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