Introduction & Overview	1
I. Inventory and Analysis	2
Population	2
Housing	6
Affordability	10
Education	11
Fiscal Capacity	18
Introduction	18
Municipal Revenues	19
Expenditures	20
Fiscal Capacity	22
Municipal Services	23
Overview	23
Public Buildings & Administration	23
Public Safety	25
Education	27
Transportation	28
Land Use/Development Patterns	30
Overview	30
Forested Land	31
Hazard Mitigation	32
Agricultural Land	33
Commercial Land Use	33
Properties with Tax Exempt Status	34
Tree Growth	34
Ordinances	34
Natural Resources	36
Setting & Topography	36
Soils	36
Surface Waters	37
Groundwater	39
Wetlands	39
Floodplain	40
Wildlife & Fisheries Habitat	40
Recreation	42
Historical Structures/Archaeology	42
Historic Background	42
Historic Structures	43
Archaeological Resources	44
Scenic Resources	44
II. Planning Issues	46
Introduction	46
Population	46
Housing	46
Economy	47
Fiscal Capacity	48
Municipal Services	48
Transportation	49
Land Use Development	49
Natural Resources	50
Recreation	51
Scenic Resources	51
III. Policies & Implementation Strategies	52
Historic & Archaeological Resources	52
Housing	53
Natural Resources	55
Outdoor Recreation	60
Transportation	60
Municipal Services	65
Future Land Use Plan	66
Capital Investment Plan	67
Capital Investment Financing	68
Reserve Fund	68
Implementation	70
Map Appendix	Appx A

The information in the charts and graphs in the text of this report come from the 1980 and 1990 census, Bureau of the Census 1990 CPH-1-21 and STF 3A 1980, the offices of the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission, the State of Maine, Oxford County, and the Town of Stoneham.