by gsmoffice | Jun 22, 2018 | Northern Maine, planning, Rural Maine, Smart growth, zoning
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 gsmoffice | Jun 20, 2018 | Northern Maine, planning, Rural Maine, Smart growth, zoning
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...
by gsmoffice | Jan 10, 2018 | Broadband Internet, Economic development, economy, growsmart maine, innovation, legislature, Nancy Smith, Northern Maine, Rural Maine
Testimony of Nancy Smith, Executive Director of GrowSmart Maine in support of LD 520 January 10, 2018 Senator Hamper, Representative Gattine and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs, my name is Nancy Smith and I am the...
by gsmoffice | Aug 22, 2017 | Central Maine, Economic development, economy, Forestry, General, Nancy Smith, Northern Maine
By Executive Director Nancy Smith || I’ve been paying attention to the very public debate about the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument with the same curiosity as most Mainers, and this past weekend, I traveled a few hours north to explore the Katahdin...
by gsmoffice | Aug 10, 2017 | Central Maine, Economic development, economy, Forestry, growsmart maine, legislature, Nancy Smith, Northern Maine, planning, Smart growth, Western Maine
To the Members of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission August 10, 2017 As noted in my testimony yesterday, I am providing a written summary of my remarks. I was encouraged to hear the Chair of the Commission state that it is not the goal of...
