by Rebecca Casey | Aug 10, 2018 | General, growsmart summit, Smart growth
We occasionally ask ourselves if GrowSmart is the right name. Initially borrowed from the Smart Growth movement, some question whether it’s stale, while others are not yet familiar with it. I follow many thought leaders including Strong Towns, New Urbanism, Institute...
by gsmoffice | Oct 12, 2017 | efficiency, energy, General, growsmart summit, Historic, historic preservation
By David Webster. There are many reasons for renovating older buildings. For me, seeing buildings as a major contributor to the character of a place is a reason to renovate rather than replace. They represent the history of a community; why and how a community...
by gsmoffice | Oct 6, 2017 | Central Maine, form based code, General, growsmart summit, historic preservation, innovation, planning, Smart growth, tax credit, transportation
By Ethan Boxer-Macomber As advocates of Smart Growth, we are all encouraged and delighted by the current national trend toward redirection of resources to traditional city and town centers abandoned and neglected over 60 years of urban flight and suburban...
by gsmoffice | Sep 29, 2017 | climate change, Economic development, energy, General, growsmart maine, growsmart summit, legislature, planning, Smart growth
“I don’t ask you your age, don’t ask mine.” Earlier this year GrowSmart Maine asked members, colleagues and total strangers to take a survey. We wanted to know which issues matter to them, how they thought we should address them and, oh yeah, how they thought we were...
by gsmoffice | Jul 12, 2017 | Economic development, economy, General, growsmart maine, growsmart summit, Nancy Smith, Southern Maine
By Nancy Smith, Executive Director, GrowSmart Maine I traveled to Biddeford on Saturday July 1 to enjoy the open house at Joseph Webster Glass, a hot glass studio, and to revisit places I came to know as we prepared for our 2015 Summit in this city. What a fabulous...
by Growsmart Maine | Oct 14, 2015 | climate change, Economic development, economy, GrowSmart, growsmart maine, growsmart summit, gsm, historic preservation, innovation, Maine, Making Headway in Your Community, Nancy Smith, planning, Project canopy, projects, Smart growth, tax credit, transportation, zoning
Don’t miss this great opportunity to discover tools you can use in your community to become more resilient, efficient and informed in the face of a changing climate using consumer-friendly tactics gleaned from our recent trip to Denmark. Registration closes...
