LEWISTON – Jonathan P. LaBonte is excited about the possibility of buying and preserving for public use one of the last remaining undeveloped parcels in Lewiston.

LaBonte of New Auburn is president of the Androscoggin Land Trust, which is seeking $75,000 from the Land for Maine’s Future Program to buy 14.3 acres along a three-mile stretch of the Androscoggin River between Deer Rips and Great Falls dams.

The LMF board will vote on the proposed Androscoggin River Park funding allocation at its meeting from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Pine Tree State Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., Augusta.

The park would consist of a non-motorized trail network and non-motorized boat launch site, and the future possibility of a blue ribbon fishery. It also has a tree-covered ledge which drops straight to the river and offers great views of the area, LaBonte said.

The trust intends to buy the land from the city of Lewiston for between $125,000 and $150,000. The difference involves initial site work, signage, and creation of a stewardship endowment, LaBonte said Tuesday afternoon.

“This is an in-town parcel, with, behind Marden’s, a couple of sand beaches one wouldn’t expect to find in Lewiston. I’m pretty excited about it. It’s our first project in Lewiston,” he said.

Additionally, the trust and the Lewiston-Auburn Trails group will work with the city on a possible greenway connection with the proposed park.

“I think it’s a goodie,” Steve Brooke, senior planner with the Maine State Planning Office in Augusta said Tuesday afternoon.

“I’m a river lover, and the Androscoggin Land Trust is taking it to protect it from development. Fourteen acres on the river in downtown Lewiston, it’s the most beautiful site you could find. It’s remarkable,” Brooke said.

At the Nov. 14 meeting, directors are also seeking comment for, and voting to allocate money to two other land purchase proposals:

• Cupsuptic Lake Park, 125 acres on the north shore of Cupsuptic Lake in Adamstown Township, which is northwest of Oquossoc in northern Oxford County. Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust is seeking $500,0000 toward the $2 million total cost to secure public access to the only readily accessible legal public swimming access anywhere on the 16,000-acre Cupsuptic Lake.

• Rumford Whitecap mountain, 761 acres that abut Black Mountain ski area in Rumford, include most of the 2,214-foot-high summit and end about a mile to 1 miles east of East Andover Road. Mahoosuc Land Trust is seeking $243,000 toward a total project cost of $678,153.

Public comment on the acquisitions will be accepted at the LMF directors meeting on Nov. 14. Written comments will be accepted until noon on Nov. 13, and should be submitted to Tim Glidden, Land for Maine’s Future Program, No. 38 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. For more information, call 287-1485.