by GrowSmart Maine | Sep 9, 2020 | GrowSmart News
By Ben Smith, GSM Board member, North Star Planning GrowSmart Maine’s Annual Summit is coming up on October 22, and there are so many reasons to make room on your calendar to attend. Register now. The theme of this year’s Summit is Flexing the Power of Home Rule: A...
by GrowSmart Maine | Sep 1, 2020 | GrowSmart News
By Rebecca Casey, GrowSmart Board Member GrowSmart Maine has been working with partners and state government to expand the use of Maine’s historic preservation tax credits to adaptive reuse programs. What will this achieve? It will encourage people to re-use our...
by GrowSmart Maine | Aug 24, 2020 | GrowSmart News
Nancy Smith enjoyed a conversation recently with House Republican Assistant Leader Representative Trey Stewart about affordable housing. In GrowSmart’s community work, we often begin by asking “why do you choose to live here?” Those conversations identify shared...
by GrowSmart Maine | Jul 9, 2020 | GrowSmart News
By Nancy Smith, GrowSmart Maine, Executive Director GrowSmart Maine is a founding member of the Maine Broadband Coalition, which is currently leading the charge to encourage Mainers to vote Yes on One for Better Broadband on July 14th. Particularly at this time, as...
by GrowSmart Maine | May 26, 2020 | Smart Growth Updates
Carl Eppich, AICP, GrowSmart Maine board member Who’s missing being on the road in this new COVID-19 pandemic reality? What about those vacation trips we had planned for this spring and summer?! According to the Maine Turnpike Authority, traffic is down around 40%, a...
by GrowSmart Maine | Apr 29, 2020 | GrowSmart News
Author, Jeff Levine, GrowSmart Board Member, Levine Planning Strategies, LLC As the country wrestles with COVID-19, the air is getting cleaner. That makes sense, because travel is down, and transportation is a major contributor to poor air quality. Some commentators...
by GrowSmart Maine | Apr 6, 2020 | GrowSmart News
I’m participating in my first Zoom meeting of the week and getting more comfortable with it, given the half dozen or so I’ve participated in over the past two weeks. This one is with the Maine Broadband Coalition as we discuss immediate needs for Mainers adapting to...
by GrowSmart Maine | Feb 5, 2020 | GrowSmart News
What if…..we ask kids what they want from their community? What if…..we ask kids what they think their community should offer in the future? What if.….we listen, really listen, to what they say? What if….we give them a seat at the table when we are meeting to talk...
by GrowSmart Maine | Dec 10, 2019 | GrowSmart News
GrowSmart Maine is proud to serve as Maine’s Rural Development Council for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA Rural Development is committed to helping to improve the economy and quality of life in rural America. This designation makes GrowSmart the go-to...
by GrowSmart Maine | Sep 16, 2019 | GrowSmart News
Pepperell Mill “The power of a community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital”,says Mark Hyman of the Cleveland Clinic. Those who provide health care can encourage preventive medicine, but the bulk of comprehensive health work...