Solstice Musings by Sally Stockwell

by Sally Stockwell, GrowSmart Maine board member | Jan 15, 2021 | GrowSmart, Housing, Rural Maine, Smart growth, viewpoint, zoning

Last month, just as the dawn was breaking on the shortest day of the year, I clipped into my Nordic skis and went for a long ramble though the woods behind my house.  Two days earlier we had received 18” of fresh light snow.  Towards the tail-end of that storm I...

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

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...

GrowSmart Maine Testifies in Support of LD 520, To Fund Improved Broadband Service in Underserved Areas

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...