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Diversity and Development – drawing our focus beyond December

by gsmoffice | Dec 11, 2020 | Broadband Internet, GrowSmart, growsmart maine, growsmart summit, gsm, Maine, newsletter, planning, Smart growth

  As Octivia Butler wrote “the only lasting truth is Change”. We can all attest that the year of 2020 has been full of lasting truth. As we wrap up this year, and look forward to (hopefully) fewer unprecedented moments in 2021, we invite you to take a...

2020 Smart Growth Awards

by gsmoffice | Nov 5, 2020 | Economic development, GrowSmart, growsmart maine, growsmart summit, Maine, Maine Alliance for Smart Growth, news, planning, Smart growth, Smart Growth Awards

October 22, 2020 From: GrowSmart Maine, www.growsmartmaine.org Contact: Nancy Smith, Executive Director, nsmith@growsmartmaine.org 207-215-7183 Web Link FMI: http://bit.ly/MESmartGrowthAwards YouTube Link to Smart Growth 2020 Award...

Communities at Risk with Proposed LUPC Rule Changes

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...
GrowSmart Maine Weighs in on Proposed LUPC Rule Changes

GrowSmart Maine Weighs in on Proposed LUPC Rule Changes

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...
Supporting Farms in Maine Matters – What You Can Do

Supporting Farms in Maine Matters – What You Can Do

by gsmoffice | Mar 15, 2018 | Central Maine, Economic development, Farmland Conservation, General, planning, Smart growth

Our March forum ‘Growing Farm Friendly Communities’ has been postponed due to snow. Join us at the new date: Monday March 26, 8:30-11a, Bowdoinham. Click here to visit the event page for all the details and registration! This Forum is a chance to learn...
New Auburn’s Village Center Renaissance

New Auburn’s Village Center Renaissance

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...
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