OXFORD — Town Manager Michael Chammings said several people have looked at the Robinson Mill but the town is still looking for buyers.
A nonprofit group formed in March applied for a Community Development Block Grant. Chammings said the group, which was appointed by the Board of Selectmen, didn’t receive the grant. They money would have been used to stabilize the mill to make it more attractive to potential buyers.
Chammings said the mill’s location on Thompson Lake and the possibility of getting hydroelectric power from the dam have drawn attention from several potential buyers, “but no one’s putting any money down.”
Oxford has owned the mill since 2009, when it foreclosed on the property due to nonpayment of $244,920 in taxes over three years. Selectmen voted 3-2 to take possession of the 7.5-acre property after its owner, John C. Robinson, failed to make an $80,000 payment on an installment plan to pay off a $162,970.88 lien.
The mill would need wiring and a leach field before it could be usable.
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