Current Legislative Testimony
Learn about GrowSmart Maine’s testimony for various Smart Growth topics below.
PLANNING FOR AG
In Support of LD 1700
An Act to Protect Agricultural Lands by Creating a Permitting Process for Solar Development on Those Lands
In Support of LD 1593
An Act To Increase Affordable Housing Development, with amendments
In Support of LD 1556
A Resolve to Establish a Vision Zero Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
In Support of LD 1559
An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council and Increasing Funding
In Support of LD 1634
An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study
You could lower your internet bill by $30 a month!
Maine residents who earn less than 200% of FPL or who receive government benefits quality for a reduced internet bill.
![Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6](https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EllsworthJanesWalk2022-3-1-1080x675.jpg)
Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6
GrowSmart Maine in partnership with Heart of Ellsworth will host the 3pm leg of the second annual Jane’s Walk in downtown Ellsworth on May 6. Community activist Jane Jacobs inspired this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations. Jane’s Walks...
Update: Community Broadband Meeting
GrowSmart Maine hosted a community meeting at the Augusta Multicultural Center in early April to hear about the experiences of people using the internet and the barriers they may face to being digitally connected.
In Support of LD 596
An Act to Exempt Certain Conservation Lots from Municipal Subdivision Review
Free farm succession planning assistance in Maine!
No-cost succession planning assistance is now available to Maine farmers! Land For Good provides guidance to farmers, landowners and communities amid the challenges of farmland access, tenure, and transfer. Most farmers that we work with want their land to stay in...
EQUITY
In Support of LD 1700
An Act to Protect Agricultural Lands by Creating a Permitting Process for Solar Development on Those Lands
In Support of LD 1593
An Act To Increase Affordable Housing Development, with amendments
In Support of LD 1556
A Resolve to Establish a Vision Zero Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
In Support of LD 1559
An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council and Increasing Funding
In Support of LD 1634
An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study
You could lower your internet bill by $30 a month!
Maine residents who earn less than 200% of FPL or who receive government benefits quality for a reduced internet bill.
![Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6](https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EllsworthJanesWalk2022-3-1-1080x675.jpg)
Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6
GrowSmart Maine in partnership with Heart of Ellsworth will host the 3pm leg of the second annual Jane’s Walk in downtown Ellsworth on May 6. Community activist Jane Jacobs inspired this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations. Jane’s Walks...
Update: Community Broadband Meeting
GrowSmart Maine hosted a community meeting at the Augusta Multicultural Center in early April to hear about the experiences of people using the internet and the barriers they may face to being digitally connected.
In Support of LD 596
An Act to Exempt Certain Conservation Lots from Municipal Subdivision Review
Free farm succession planning assistance in Maine!
No-cost succession planning assistance is now available to Maine farmers! Land For Good provides guidance to farmers, landowners and communities amid the challenges of farmland access, tenure, and transfer. Most farmers that we work with want their land to stay in...
CLIMATE & ENERGY
In Support of LD 1700
An Act to Protect Agricultural Lands by Creating a Permitting Process for Solar Development on Those Lands
In Support of LD 1593
An Act To Increase Affordable Housing Development, with amendments
In Support of LD 1556
A Resolve to Establish a Vision Zero Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
In Support of LD 1559
An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council and Increasing Funding
In Support of LD 1634
An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study
You could lower your internet bill by $30 a month!
Maine residents who earn less than 200% of FPL or who receive government benefits quality for a reduced internet bill.
![Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6](https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EllsworthJanesWalk2022-3-1-1080x675.jpg)
Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6
GrowSmart Maine in partnership with Heart of Ellsworth will host the 3pm leg of the second annual Jane’s Walk in downtown Ellsworth on May 6. Community activist Jane Jacobs inspired this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations. Jane’s Walks...
Update: Community Broadband Meeting
GrowSmart Maine hosted a community meeting at the Augusta Multicultural Center in early April to hear about the experiences of people using the internet and the barriers they may face to being digitally connected.
In Support of LD 596
An Act to Exempt Certain Conservation Lots from Municipal Subdivision Review
Free farm succession planning assistance in Maine!
No-cost succession planning assistance is now available to Maine farmers! Land For Good provides guidance to farmers, landowners and communities amid the challenges of farmland access, tenure, and transfer. Most farmers that we work with want their land to stay in...
BROADBAND
In Support of LD 1700
An Act to Protect Agricultural Lands by Creating a Permitting Process for Solar Development on Those Lands
In Support of LD 1593
An Act To Increase Affordable Housing Development, with amendments
In Support of LD 1556
A Resolve to Establish a Vision Zero Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
In Support of LD 1559
An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council and Increasing Funding
In Support of LD 1634
An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study
You could lower your internet bill by $30 a month!
Maine residents who earn less than 200% of FPL or who receive government benefits quality for a reduced internet bill.
![Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6](https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EllsworthJanesWalk2022-3-1-1080x675.jpg)
Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6
GrowSmart Maine in partnership with Heart of Ellsworth will host the 3pm leg of the second annual Jane’s Walk in downtown Ellsworth on May 6. Community activist Jane Jacobs inspired this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations. Jane’s Walks...
Update: Community Broadband Meeting
GrowSmart Maine hosted a community meeting at the Augusta Multicultural Center in early April to hear about the experiences of people using the internet and the barriers they may face to being digitally connected.
In Support of LD 596
An Act to Exempt Certain Conservation Lots from Municipal Subdivision Review
Free farm succession planning assistance in Maine!
No-cost succession planning assistance is now available to Maine farmers! Land For Good provides guidance to farmers, landowners and communities amid the challenges of farmland access, tenure, and transfer. Most farmers that we work with want their land to stay in...
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
In Support of LD 1700
An Act to Protect Agricultural Lands by Creating a Permitting Process for Solar Development on Those Lands
In Support of LD 1593
An Act To Increase Affordable Housing Development, with amendments
In Support of LD 1556
A Resolve to Establish a Vision Zero Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
In Support of LD 1559
An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council and Increasing Funding
In Support of LD 1634
An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study
You could lower your internet bill by $30 a month!
Maine residents who earn less than 200% of FPL or who receive government benefits quality for a reduced internet bill.
![Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6](https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EllsworthJanesWalk2022-3-1-1080x675.jpg)
Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6
GrowSmart Maine in partnership with Heart of Ellsworth will host the 3pm leg of the second annual Jane’s Walk in downtown Ellsworth on May 6. Community activist Jane Jacobs inspired this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations. Jane’s Walks...
Update: Community Broadband Meeting
GrowSmart Maine hosted a community meeting at the Augusta Multicultural Center in early April to hear about the experiences of people using the internet and the barriers they may face to being digitally connected.
In Support of LD 596
An Act to Exempt Certain Conservation Lots from Municipal Subdivision Review
Free farm succession planning assistance in Maine!
No-cost succession planning assistance is now available to Maine farmers! Land For Good provides guidance to farmers, landowners and communities amid the challenges of farmland access, tenure, and transfer. Most farmers that we work with want their land to stay in...
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
In Support of LD 1700
An Act to Protect Agricultural Lands by Creating a Permitting Process for Solar Development on Those Lands
In Support of LD 1593
An Act To Increase Affordable Housing Development, with amendments
In Support of LD 1556
A Resolve to Establish a Vision Zero Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
In Support of LD 1559
An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council and Increasing Funding
In Support of LD 1634
An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study
You could lower your internet bill by $30 a month!
Maine residents who earn less than 200% of FPL or who receive government benefits quality for a reduced internet bill.
![Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6](https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EllsworthJanesWalk2022-3-1-1080x675.jpg)
Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6
GrowSmart Maine in partnership with Heart of Ellsworth will host the 3pm leg of the second annual Jane’s Walk in downtown Ellsworth on May 6. Community activist Jane Jacobs inspired this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations. Jane’s Walks...
Update: Community Broadband Meeting
GrowSmart Maine hosted a community meeting at the Augusta Multicultural Center in early April to hear about the experiences of people using the internet and the barriers they may face to being digitally connected.
In Support of LD 596
An Act to Exempt Certain Conservation Lots from Municipal Subdivision Review
Free farm succession planning assistance in Maine!
No-cost succession planning assistance is now available to Maine farmers! Land For Good provides guidance to farmers, landowners and communities amid the challenges of farmland access, tenure, and transfer. Most farmers that we work with want their land to stay in...
REGIONAL & LAND USE PLANNING
In Support of LD 1700
An Act to Protect Agricultural Lands by Creating a Permitting Process for Solar Development on Those Lands
In Support of LD 1593
An Act To Increase Affordable Housing Development, with amendments
In Support of LD 1556
A Resolve to Establish a Vision Zero Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
In Support of LD 1559
An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council and Increasing Funding
In Support of LD 1634
An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study
You could lower your internet bill by $30 a month!
Maine residents who earn less than 200% of FPL or who receive government benefits quality for a reduced internet bill.
![Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6](https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EllsworthJanesWalk2022-3-1-1080x675.jpg)
Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6
GrowSmart Maine in partnership with Heart of Ellsworth will host the 3pm leg of the second annual Jane’s Walk in downtown Ellsworth on May 6. Community activist Jane Jacobs inspired this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations. Jane’s Walks...
Update: Community Broadband Meeting
GrowSmart Maine hosted a community meeting at the Augusta Multicultural Center in early April to hear about the experiences of people using the internet and the barriers they may face to being digitally connected.
In Support of LD 596
An Act to Exempt Certain Conservation Lots from Municipal Subdivision Review
Free farm succession planning assistance in Maine!
No-cost succession planning assistance is now available to Maine farmers! Land For Good provides guidance to farmers, landowners and communities amid the challenges of farmland access, tenure, and transfer. Most farmers that we work with want their land to stay in...
BUDGETS & BONDS
In Support of LD 1700
An Act to Protect Agricultural Lands by Creating a Permitting Process for Solar Development on Those Lands
In Support of LD 1593
An Act To Increase Affordable Housing Development, with amendments
In Support of LD 1556
A Resolve to Establish a Vision Zero Task Force to Recommend Strategies to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Traffic Fatalities and Serious Injuries
In Support of LD 1559
An Act to Advance the State’s Public Transit Systems by Reinvigorating the Public Transit Advisory Council and Increasing Funding
In Support of LD 1634
An Act to Grant Municipalities the Authority to Set Certain Lower Motor Vehicle Speed Limits Without a Department of Transportation Speed Study
You could lower your internet bill by $30 a month!
Maine residents who earn less than 200% of FPL or who receive government benefits quality for a reduced internet bill.
![Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6](https://growsmartmaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EllsworthJanesWalk2022-3-1-1080x675.jpg)
Jane’s Walk Comes to Downtown Ellsworth on May 6
GrowSmart Maine in partnership with Heart of Ellsworth will host the 3pm leg of the second annual Jane’s Walk in downtown Ellsworth on May 6. Community activist Jane Jacobs inspired this global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations. Jane’s Walks...
Update: Community Broadband Meeting
GrowSmart Maine hosted a community meeting at the Augusta Multicultural Center in early April to hear about the experiences of people using the internet and the barriers they may face to being digitally connected.
In Support of LD 596
An Act to Exempt Certain Conservation Lots from Municipal Subdivision Review
Free farm succession planning assistance in Maine!
No-cost succession planning assistance is now available to Maine farmers! Land For Good provides guidance to farmers, landowners and communities amid the challenges of farmland access, tenure, and transfer. Most farmers that we work with want their land to stay in...
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