Current Legislative Testimony
Learn about GrowSmart Maine’s testimony for various Smart Growth topics below.
PLANNING FOR AG
In Support of LD 1076
An Act to Expand the Use of Traffic Cameras for School and Work Zones
In Support of LD 1274
An Act To Increase Land Access For Historically Disadvantaged Populations
In Support of LD 1101
An Act to Support Lower Home Energy Costs by Establishing a Home Energy Scoring System
In Opposition to LD 341
An Act to Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law to Encourage Housing Construction
A coastal Maine suburb is filling empty spaces with housing (Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2023)
A draft bill sponsored by Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) would make better use of corridor space around towns and villages as part of the Policy Action 2023 advocacy plan created by GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. The pending legislation aims to reduce barriers to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Character (Down East Magazine, March 2023)
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...
In Support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258 and LD 259
Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025
“Threats to housing identified” article features CEO Nancy Smith
From The Quoddy Tides article "Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature" dated ( March 10, 2023): "GrowSmart Maine CEO Nancy Smith is not surprised by the stories of people wanting to move into Maine for work and then coming up against the lack of housing. The...
Kennebec County Community Broadband Mtg. in Augusta Tues. 4-11-23 @5:30 pm
Kennebec County Residents are invited to a Community Meeting to add your voice to Maine's Broadband Action Plan. Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Time: 5:30 - 7 :00 pm Location : Augusta Multicultural Center (Capital Area New Mainers Project) Address: 70 State St.,...
Take Maine’s Broadband Survey!
The State of Maine, through the Maine Connectivity Authority, is developing a Broadband Action Plan to decide how $250 million in federal funds should be used to expand access to high-speed internet and ensure that we all have what we need to connect to the digital...
EQUITY
In Support of LD 1076
An Act to Expand the Use of Traffic Cameras for School and Work Zones
In Support of LD 1274
An Act To Increase Land Access For Historically Disadvantaged Populations
In Support of LD 1101
An Act to Support Lower Home Energy Costs by Establishing a Home Energy Scoring System
In Opposition to LD 341
An Act to Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law to Encourage Housing Construction
A coastal Maine suburb is filling empty spaces with housing (Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2023)
A draft bill sponsored by Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) would make better use of corridor space around towns and villages as part of the Policy Action 2023 advocacy plan created by GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. The pending legislation aims to reduce barriers to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Character (Down East Magazine, March 2023)
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...
In Support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258 and LD 259
Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025
“Threats to housing identified” article features CEO Nancy Smith
From The Quoddy Tides article "Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature" dated ( March 10, 2023): "GrowSmart Maine CEO Nancy Smith is not surprised by the stories of people wanting to move into Maine for work and then coming up against the lack of housing. The...
Kennebec County Community Broadband Mtg. in Augusta Tues. 4-11-23 @5:30 pm
Kennebec County Residents are invited to a Community Meeting to add your voice to Maine's Broadband Action Plan. Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Time: 5:30 - 7 :00 pm Location : Augusta Multicultural Center (Capital Area New Mainers Project) Address: 70 State St.,...
Take Maine’s Broadband Survey!
The State of Maine, through the Maine Connectivity Authority, is developing a Broadband Action Plan to decide how $250 million in federal funds should be used to expand access to high-speed internet and ensure that we all have what we need to connect to the digital...
CLIMATE & ENERGY
In Support of LD 1076
An Act to Expand the Use of Traffic Cameras for School and Work Zones
In Support of LD 1274
An Act To Increase Land Access For Historically Disadvantaged Populations
In Support of LD 1101
An Act to Support Lower Home Energy Costs by Establishing a Home Energy Scoring System
In Opposition to LD 341
An Act to Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law to Encourage Housing Construction
A coastal Maine suburb is filling empty spaces with housing (Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2023)
A draft bill sponsored by Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) would make better use of corridor space around towns and villages as part of the Policy Action 2023 advocacy plan created by GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. The pending legislation aims to reduce barriers to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Character (Down East Magazine, March 2023)
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...
In Support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258 and LD 259
Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025
“Threats to housing identified” article features CEO Nancy Smith
From The Quoddy Tides article "Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature" dated ( March 10, 2023): "GrowSmart Maine CEO Nancy Smith is not surprised by the stories of people wanting to move into Maine for work and then coming up against the lack of housing. The...
Kennebec County Community Broadband Mtg. in Augusta Tues. 4-11-23 @5:30 pm
Kennebec County Residents are invited to a Community Meeting to add your voice to Maine's Broadband Action Plan. Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Time: 5:30 - 7 :00 pm Location : Augusta Multicultural Center (Capital Area New Mainers Project) Address: 70 State St.,...
Take Maine’s Broadband Survey!
The State of Maine, through the Maine Connectivity Authority, is developing a Broadband Action Plan to decide how $250 million in federal funds should be used to expand access to high-speed internet and ensure that we all have what we need to connect to the digital...
BROADBAND
In Support of LD 1076
An Act to Expand the Use of Traffic Cameras for School and Work Zones
In Support of LD 1274
An Act To Increase Land Access For Historically Disadvantaged Populations
In Support of LD 1101
An Act to Support Lower Home Energy Costs by Establishing a Home Energy Scoring System
In Opposition to LD 341
An Act to Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law to Encourage Housing Construction
A coastal Maine suburb is filling empty spaces with housing (Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2023)
A draft bill sponsored by Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) would make better use of corridor space around towns and villages as part of the Policy Action 2023 advocacy plan created by GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. The pending legislation aims to reduce barriers to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Character (Down East Magazine, March 2023)
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...
In Support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258 and LD 259
Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025
“Threats to housing identified” article features CEO Nancy Smith
From The Quoddy Tides article "Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature" dated ( March 10, 2023): "GrowSmart Maine CEO Nancy Smith is not surprised by the stories of people wanting to move into Maine for work and then coming up against the lack of housing. The...
Kennebec County Community Broadband Mtg. in Augusta Tues. 4-11-23 @5:30 pm
Kennebec County Residents are invited to a Community Meeting to add your voice to Maine's Broadband Action Plan. Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Time: 5:30 - 7 :00 pm Location : Augusta Multicultural Center (Capital Area New Mainers Project) Address: 70 State St.,...
Take Maine’s Broadband Survey!
The State of Maine, through the Maine Connectivity Authority, is developing a Broadband Action Plan to decide how $250 million in federal funds should be used to expand access to high-speed internet and ensure that we all have what we need to connect to the digital...
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
In Support of LD 1076
An Act to Expand the Use of Traffic Cameras for School and Work Zones
In Support of LD 1274
An Act To Increase Land Access For Historically Disadvantaged Populations
In Support of LD 1101
An Act to Support Lower Home Energy Costs by Establishing a Home Energy Scoring System
In Opposition to LD 341
An Act to Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law to Encourage Housing Construction
A coastal Maine suburb is filling empty spaces with housing (Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2023)
A draft bill sponsored by Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) would make better use of corridor space around towns and villages as part of the Policy Action 2023 advocacy plan created by GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. The pending legislation aims to reduce barriers to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Character (Down East Magazine, March 2023)
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...
In Support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258 and LD 259
Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025
“Threats to housing identified” article features CEO Nancy Smith
From The Quoddy Tides article "Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature" dated ( March 10, 2023): "GrowSmart Maine CEO Nancy Smith is not surprised by the stories of people wanting to move into Maine for work and then coming up against the lack of housing. The...
Kennebec County Community Broadband Mtg. in Augusta Tues. 4-11-23 @5:30 pm
Kennebec County Residents are invited to a Community Meeting to add your voice to Maine's Broadband Action Plan. Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Time: 5:30 - 7 :00 pm Location : Augusta Multicultural Center (Capital Area New Mainers Project) Address: 70 State St.,...
Take Maine’s Broadband Survey!
The State of Maine, through the Maine Connectivity Authority, is developing a Broadband Action Plan to decide how $250 million in federal funds should be used to expand access to high-speed internet and ensure that we all have what we need to connect to the digital...
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
In Support of LD 1076
An Act to Expand the Use of Traffic Cameras for School and Work Zones
In Support of LD 1274
An Act To Increase Land Access For Historically Disadvantaged Populations
In Support of LD 1101
An Act to Support Lower Home Energy Costs by Establishing a Home Energy Scoring System
In Opposition to LD 341
An Act to Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law to Encourage Housing Construction
A coastal Maine suburb is filling empty spaces with housing (Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2023)
A draft bill sponsored by Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) would make better use of corridor space around towns and villages as part of the Policy Action 2023 advocacy plan created by GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. The pending legislation aims to reduce barriers to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Character (Down East Magazine, March 2023)
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...
In Support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258 and LD 259
Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025
“Threats to housing identified” article features CEO Nancy Smith
From The Quoddy Tides article "Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature" dated ( March 10, 2023): "GrowSmart Maine CEO Nancy Smith is not surprised by the stories of people wanting to move into Maine for work and then coming up against the lack of housing. The...
Kennebec County Community Broadband Mtg. in Augusta Tues. 4-11-23 @5:30 pm
Kennebec County Residents are invited to a Community Meeting to add your voice to Maine's Broadband Action Plan. Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Time: 5:30 - 7 :00 pm Location : Augusta Multicultural Center (Capital Area New Mainers Project) Address: 70 State St.,...
Take Maine’s Broadband Survey!
The State of Maine, through the Maine Connectivity Authority, is developing a Broadband Action Plan to decide how $250 million in federal funds should be used to expand access to high-speed internet and ensure that we all have what we need to connect to the digital...
REGIONAL & LAND USE PLANNING
In Support of LD 1076
An Act to Expand the Use of Traffic Cameras for School and Work Zones
In Support of LD 1274
An Act To Increase Land Access For Historically Disadvantaged Populations
In Support of LD 1101
An Act to Support Lower Home Energy Costs by Establishing a Home Energy Scoring System
In Opposition to LD 341
An Act to Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law to Encourage Housing Construction
A coastal Maine suburb is filling empty spaces with housing (Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2023)
A draft bill sponsored by Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) would make better use of corridor space around towns and villages as part of the Policy Action 2023 advocacy plan created by GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. The pending legislation aims to reduce barriers to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Character (Down East Magazine, March 2023)
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...
In Support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258 and LD 259
Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025
“Threats to housing identified” article features CEO Nancy Smith
From The Quoddy Tides article "Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature" dated ( March 10, 2023): "GrowSmart Maine CEO Nancy Smith is not surprised by the stories of people wanting to move into Maine for work and then coming up against the lack of housing. The...
Kennebec County Community Broadband Mtg. in Augusta Tues. 4-11-23 @5:30 pm
Kennebec County Residents are invited to a Community Meeting to add your voice to Maine's Broadband Action Plan. Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Time: 5:30 - 7 :00 pm Location : Augusta Multicultural Center (Capital Area New Mainers Project) Address: 70 State St.,...
Take Maine’s Broadband Survey!
The State of Maine, through the Maine Connectivity Authority, is developing a Broadband Action Plan to decide how $250 million in federal funds should be used to expand access to high-speed internet and ensure that we all have what we need to connect to the digital...
BUDGETS & BONDS
In Support of LD 1076
An Act to Expand the Use of Traffic Cameras for School and Work Zones
In Support of LD 1274
An Act To Increase Land Access For Historically Disadvantaged Populations
In Support of LD 1101
An Act to Support Lower Home Energy Costs by Establishing a Home Energy Scoring System
In Opposition to LD 341
An Act to Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law to Encourage Housing Construction
A coastal Maine suburb is filling empty spaces with housing (Bangor Daily News, March 27, 2023)
A draft bill sponsored by Rep. Traci Gere (D-Kennebunkport) would make better use of corridor space around towns and villages as part of the Policy Action 2023 advocacy plan created by GrowSmart Maine and Build Maine. The pending legislation aims to reduce barriers to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Character (Down East Magazine, March 2023)
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...
In Support of Public Transportation Components in LD 258 and LD 259
Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and LD 259, Highway Fund for Fiscal Years 2024-2025
“Threats to housing identified” article features CEO Nancy Smith
From The Quoddy Tides article "Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature" dated ( March 10, 2023): "GrowSmart Maine CEO Nancy Smith is not surprised by the stories of people wanting to move into Maine for work and then coming up against the lack of housing. The...
Kennebec County Community Broadband Mtg. in Augusta Tues. 4-11-23 @5:30 pm
Kennebec County Residents are invited to a Community Meeting to add your voice to Maine's Broadband Action Plan. Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Time: 5:30 - 7 :00 pm Location : Augusta Multicultural Center (Capital Area New Mainers Project) Address: 70 State St.,...
Take Maine’s Broadband Survey!
The State of Maine, through the Maine Connectivity Authority, is developing a Broadband Action Plan to decide how $250 million in federal funds should be used to expand access to high-speed internet and ensure that we all have what we need to connect to the digital...
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