by GrowSmart Maine | Feb 14, 2025 | Letters of Support
TO: House and Senate Members of the 119th Congress RE: Four Facts About the Charitable Sector Congress Needs to Know DATE: February [3], 2025 We, the charitable sector, offer our congratulations as you start the 119th Congress. As organizations active throughout...
by GrowSmart Maine | Feb 7, 2025 | 2025 Smart Growth
Testimony of Nancy Smith, CEO of GrowSmart Maine In support of LD 146, An Act To Increase The Maximum Amount Of The Historic Property Rehabilitation Tax Credit That May Be Taken In A Year February 5, 2025 Senator Grohoski, Representative Cloutier, and...
by GrowSmart Maine | Feb 7, 2025 | 2025 Smart Growth
Testimony of Nancy Smith, Executive Director of GrowSmart Maine In support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258, Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 (Part D Maine Office of Community Affairs and...
by GrowSmart Maine | Aug 12, 2024 | GrowSmart News
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Nancy Smith is chief executive of GrowSmart Maine. Jeff Levine is chair of the board. Opinion: We can do way better than the Gorham Connector Two years ago GrowSmart first expressed our concerns with Maine Turnpike Authority’s plans to build a new...
by GrowSmart Maine | Aug 12, 2024 | GrowSmart News
Rural Housing Challenges...
by Hildie Lipson | Apr 23, 2024 | Broadband News
GrowSmart Maine is pleased to announce the first recipients of its Digital Equity Stipend Fund. Nine area organizations in Kennebec County will share more than $35,000 in funding to implement programs that help people access digital skills training, furnish remote...
by GrowSmart Maine | Mar 21, 2024 | 2023 Planning for Ag
The purpose of this memo is to share our collective support for strengthening the Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources’ Working Farmland Access and Protection Program within the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and to ask you to...
by GrowSmart Maine | Mar 21, 2024 | 2023 Policy Action
Testimony of Nancy Smith, CEO of GrowSmart Maine In Support of LD 2214, Supplemental Budget, Parts DD and EE March 1, 2024 Senator Rotundo, Senator Nangle, Representative Sachs, Representative Stover, and members of the Joint Standing Committees on Appropriations and...
by Harald Bredesen | Mar 14, 2024 | GrowSmart News
Nancy Smith, CEO of GrowSmart Maine, spoke at the White House event “Communities in Action: Building a Better Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont” on 14 March, 2024. The event featured local elected officials and community leaders working on behalf of their...
by Hildie Lipson | Mar 13, 2024 | Broadband News
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a federally funded program that has offered a monthly benefit to eligible households. The ACP will run out of funds without urgent congressional funding at the end of April 2024. If you currently have this benefit, your...
