“We Can Do This!”

by GrowSmart Maine | May 24, 2011 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized

-Nancy E. Smith, Executive Director   I attended the Maine Real Estate and Developers Association’s (MEREDA) spring conference last week to see what I could learn about how the Mega Trends of global population growth will impact living, working, and...

GSM Testifies in Favor of LD 1569, “An Act To Restore the White-tailed Deer Population and Improve Maine’s Wildlife Economy and Heritage”

by GrowSmart Maine | May 23, 2011 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized

PRESS RELEASE May 23, 2011 GrowSmart Maine 309 Cumberland Avenue Suite 202 Portland, ME 04101 207-699-4330   CONTACT: Kimberly Ballard       Testimony of Nancy Smith, Executive Director of GrowSmart Maine in favor of LD 1569, “An Act To...

Legislative Week in Review

by GrowSmart Maine | May 21, 2011 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized

-Nancy E Smith, Executive Director   A busy and diverse week in the legislature, as GrowSmart Maine weighed in on several bills while tracking the progress of others. Our Board Chair, Daniel Hildreth, testified before the Legislative Committee on Agriculture,...

Press Release: GSM Testifies Against Legislative Proposals to Abolish or Weaken the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC)

by GrowSmart Maine | May 17, 2011 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized

PRESS RELEASE May 17, 2011 GrowSmart Maine 309 Cumberland Avenue Suite 202 Portland, ME 04101 207-699-4330   CONTACT: Kimberly Ballard Testimony of Daniel Hildreth, Chair, GrowSmart Maine Board of Directors in Opposition to LD 17: “An Act to Reform the Land...

Gilman Place

by GrowSmart Maine | May 16, 2011 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized

– Mary Mayo   21 Gilman Street in Waterville may soon hear the footsteps and laughter of young people again. The beautiful old high school, built in 1913 and empty for years, has been converted into 35 affordable, one, two and three bedroom...