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PORTLAND, Maine

Local news reports on UNE's successful land swap agreement

News of the land swap agreement between 51品茶and the Maine Army National Guard was reported on by several news outlets recently including , , ,  and .

Each article described the details of the deal, explaining that 51品茶will receive the armory building on Stevens Avenue in Portland, while the Guard will receive acreage in Saco, allowing for the construction of a new 鈥淩eadiness Center.鈥

The Portland Press Herald sought out an interview with Bill Bola, M.S., vice president of operations at UNE, who reported on the specific details of the Armory property as well as the land being acquired by the Guard.

Comments from President Danielle Ripich, Ph.D., about the mutual benefit of this deal, a 鈥渨in-win, as she called it, were also included in the articles.

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