“We Can Do This!”

-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...

Legislative Week in Review

-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,...

Gilman Place

– 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...