GrowSmart News and Updates
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GrowSmart News and Updates
3 Things Every Mainer Can Do Today to Protect Historic Buildings Against Floods
This article is a part of our Leaning Into Change series. Topics are meant to inspire conversation leading up to our 2016 Summit in Waterville. Registration is now open. Follow along with #GrowSmartME. We recently talked with Roderick Scott, Flood Hazard Mitigation...
Thomas College: Leaning into change for Maine’s students
This article is a part of our Leaning Into Change series. Topics are meant to inspire conversation leading up to our 2016 Summit in Waterville. Registration is now open. Follow along with #GrowSmartME. If you graduated or attended college, think about how different...
2016 Legislative Wrap-up
As the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature has come to a close, we share an update of noteworthy legislation, a mix of carry-over bills from the 2015 session as well as new bills submitted for this short session. Some bills moved through the session...
Update on Making Headway in Your Community: Will We Be in Your Town Next?
Making Headway in Your Community is wrapping up its first full year as a community engagement program, a partnership of the Maine Downtown Center and GrowSmart Maine. GrowSmart Maine and Maine Downtown Center are engaged with communities on the public meeting...
Wilton and Rumford to Participate in Making Headway In Your Community, a project of GrowSmart Maine and Maine Downtown Center.
Movie Night and Community Conversation being held in each community. Wilton, Rumford – The communities of Wilton and Rumford have been chosen to participate in Making Headway In Your Community, a joint community development program of GrowSmart Maine and the Maine...
Our April Forum: 21st Century Transportation: Shared Vehicles, E-Bikes and their Implications for a Smart Growth Economy in Maine
The future of transportation is not as far away as you think…and it may look a lot different than you’re expecting. Join us from 8 to 10 am on April 28 at Cyclemania in Portland for a GrowSmart Maine forum on how technology and the sharing economy is changing...
GrowSmart Maine Testifies in Favor of LD 1649, “An Act to Modernize Maine’s Solar Power Policy and Encourage Economic Development”
Testimony of Nancy Smith, Executive Director of GrowSmart Maine in support of LD 1649 “An Act to Modernize Maine's Solar Power Policy and Encourage Economic Development” March 16, 2015 Senator Woodsome, Representative Dion and members of the Joint Standing Committee...
Winding Down or Gearing up?
Both could be said for the State Legislature right now. Committees are finishing up their work last week and this, so most bills will move to the floors of both chambers for debate and then on to the Appropriations table or the Governor's desk, if they aren't left for...
Your Business Here!
Did you know that businesses and organizations that join GrowSmart Maine at the $1000 level can receive the member benefit of a Business Profile posted on our homepage and sent out to our email list reaching thousands of potential customers? We'd love to highlight the...
Share Your Maine Downtown! #DowntownME
I got a little inspired this morning (it is a sunny February day after all)! On the way to Social Media Breakfast Maine (which is in the same building as our offices!) I happened to park in a different spot. Looking up and around at the beautiful day, I saw a bit of...