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Smart Growth news updates from Maine and beyond on topics of affordable housing, climate change, energy, sustainability, innovation, policy, and more.
Plans To Be Presented On Worumbo Mill Redevelopment
LISBON FALLS — A development firm will present its findings next week on a study that is part of a plan that may involve redeveloping the former Worumbo Mill site. The Chesapeake Group will present four redevelopment scenarios to members of the Lisbon Development...
Martel School Redevelopment Closer to Reality
LINK TO ARTICLE By Andrew Rice SUN JOURNAL LEWISTON — The developers behind a proposed senior housing project at the former Martel Elementary School say the project is moving forward after securing key financing. The proposed 44-unit senior housing redevelopment would...
Smart Growth America’s Equity Summit January 11-13
At Smart Growth America, we deeply believe that improving racial disparities is at the core of a smart growth approach. But what does that mean? How does it work in practice? And how can smart growth advocates do it better? Last year Smart Growth America (SGA) hosted...
SMART GROWTH AWARDs nomination deadline extended to August 5th and more!
Life in Maine is most enjoyable this time of year. After an extraordinarily busy first half of 2021, we at GrowSmart Maine are able to thoroughly relish in Maine's summer, as we celebrate the solid successes in our advocacy and community work, with housing choices,...
Shining a Light on LEDs
This is a 3-part series of blogs written by AmeriCorps Member Phoebe Little, who, along with Grace Sherman, is working with GrowSmart Maine to bring our Energy Efficiency Community Campaign to Biddeford and Windham. We know that energy efficiency and weatherization...
Housing Choices: A Key Part of Maine’s Future
Housing Choices: A Key Part of Maine’s Future Jeff Levine, GrowSmart Maine board member Housing is not always seen as part of a state’s economic competitiveness. However, providing a safe place for workers to come home to is as important as providing them with...
Broadband is good. Sprawl is not. How can Maine have one without the other?
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A Post-COVID-19 Focus For Transportation Spending
Carl Eppich, AICP, GrowSmart Maine board member Who’s missing being on the road in this new COVID-19 pandemic reality? What about those vacation trips we had planned for this spring and summer?! According to the Maine Turnpike Authority, traffic is down around 40%, a...
Save The Date!! April 28 in Portland– 21st Century Transportation: Shared and Driverless 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 for a GrowSmart Maine breakfast forum on how technology and the sharing economy is changing transportation both...
Advocacy Alert – Contact your Legislators Now to Support the Solar Bill: LD 1649
Please contact your Legislator now and ask them to support LD 1649: An Act To Modernize Maine's Solar Power Policy and Encourage Economic Development. This bill, currently being worked in the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee, is the result of a 6-month...
EQUITY FIRE SIDE CHAT
What Does Equity in Smart Growth Really Mean:
A Conversation Between Calvin Gladney and
Andre Perry
Black Lives Matter
Navigating Today
We don’t know what the future holds. But then, we never have. Though most of us crave the illusion of control, we now find ourselves sharing this unsolicited opportunity to instead find our sea legs so we can more easily respond to the unexpected while keeping our sights on the horizon. GrowSmart Maine is here to help navigate the course.