by GrowSmart Maine | Jan 15, 2014 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
January 15, 2014 STAKEHOLDER REPORT ON LD 1528, RESOLVE, TO PROVIDE FOR LIVEABLE, AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES LD 1528 Stakeholder Meeting Participants: Liz Hertz Municipal Planning Assistance Program,...
by GrowSmart Maine | Dec 6, 2013 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
Your Voice will Make the Difference! WHAT’S GOING ON: Tax Expenditure Task Force Chairs Senator Anne Haskell and Representative Adam Goode will present an update on the work of the Tax Expenditure Task Force to the Legislative Committee on Appropriations and...
by GrowSmart Maine | Oct 18, 2013 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
Today I held in my hand a jack knife that was left behind at a campsite in the hills of Eustis, Maine by a member of Benedict Arnold’s troops in 1775. It was discovered over the weekend, and will be protected with numerous other artifacts of that...
by GrowSmart Maine | Oct 16, 2013 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
Last week I participated in a round table discussion with Patrick Wrixon, a farmer and conservationist from Wales…that’s the country in the United Kingdom, not the central Maine community! Maine Farmland Trust and the Camden Conference co-hosted the event...
by GrowSmart Maine | Sep 24, 2013 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
This Sunday, Sept 29th, “Reviving Freedom Mill” premiers at the Camden International Film Festival! Sponsored by GrowSmart Maine, Maine Farmland Trust and Maine Preservation, this film demonstrates the bringing of new life to a community by connecting new...
by GrowSmart Maine | Sep 24, 2013 | GrowSmart News, Uncategorized
GrowSmart Maine is monitoring the work of the Tax Expenditure Review Task Force, created in the 2014 Biennial Budget, which is directed to identify $40 million in reductions from the billions of dollars in tax expenditures granted each year by the state of Maine to...