by GrowSmart Maine | Aug 2, 2018 | GrowSmart News
We offer to our subscribers this overview of our work across Maine in the second quarter of 2018. If you aren’t already a member, please consider supporting these programs at https://growsmartmaine.org/membership/donate/ The mission of GrowSmart Maine is to build...
by GrowSmart Maine | Jul 11, 2018 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
Broadband internet is as essential for community resiliency as are dependable roads, electricity and public safety. These services provide foundation for people to live, work and enjoy a basic quality of life. Rural places in Maine are finding creative solutions to a...
by GrowSmart Maine | Jul 9, 2018 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
By Rachel Bouvier of rbouvier consulting. Sustainability has become a buzzword in certain circles but what exactly does the word mean? In the economic development sector, a sustainable economy is one that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising...
by GrowSmart Maine | Jun 22, 2018 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
Earlier this week, GrowSmart Maine was in Brewer for the Public Hearing of the Land Use Planning Commission, which acts as the Planning Board for 10 million acres in the Unorganized Territories. The public hearing on rules related to adjacency, which dictates that...
by GrowSmart Maine | Jun 20, 2018 | GrowSmart News
June 20, 2018 To Members of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission, In testimony from the April hearing, attached here, I outlined GrowSmart’s concerns related to proposed revisions to the LUPC adjacency rule. While GrowSmart appreciates the need to improve the...
