by GrowSmart Maine | Feb 15, 2023 | Smart Growth Updates
The USDA is accepting applications for the FY23 Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) program. This grant program is to help struggling communities by funding job accelerators in low-income rural areas. The full Notice of Funding Opportunity is attached below, but...
by GrowSmart Maine | Feb 15, 2023 | GrowSmart News
IT’S TIME to lend your voice to shape Policy Action 2023, a collaboration between GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. Over 100 people have participated in this initiative to help shape sixteen bills in Augusta that will affect equity, transportation safety and...
by GrowSmart Maine | Feb 3, 2023 | GrowSmart News
GrowSmart Maine announces the addition of two new members to its team, Harald Bredesen and Hildie Lipson. Harald Bredesen’s role is Thought Leadership Program Director and he will support communities navigating change by convening to action, sharing thought...
by GrowSmart Maine | Jan 31, 2023 | GrowSmart News, Smart Growth Updates
Commentary: A glimmer of hope for Maine cyclists and pedestrians BY COLIN DURRANT AND KIRSTEN BREWER |. SPECIAL TO THE PRESS HERALD In the form of its first-ever active transportation plan, our state now has an enormous opportunity to make it easier for more of us to...
by GrowSmart Maine | Jan 20, 2023 | Smart Growth Updates
Please join the Wabanaki Alliance on Sunday, Feb. 5th, 2023, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm for the free and open to the public “TRUTH, RECONCILIATION & REPARATIONS,” a discussion with Passamaquoddy storyteller and activist Dwayne Tomah. Tomah will lead attendees...
