As Maine grapples with age-old, freshly relevant issues of livability, growth, and belonging, an inquisitive look at a complicated word.
By Jesse Ellison from Down East Magazine, March 2023 issue
“Change is constant,” acknowledges Nancy Smith, executive director of the nonprofit GrowSmart Maine, which advocates for development policies and projects it deems compatible with Maine’s quality of life. “What matters,” she goes on, “is who gets to decide the whats and hows of that change.”