GrowSmart Maine in the News: 2005-2006

Press reports of GrowSmart Maine initiatives and events.

General GrowSmart Maine News

What Is Happening and Where Are We Going? Camden Free Press: May 2006. How is the economy and use of land in Maine changing? What do we, the citizens, want to do about it? Those were the topics of discussion last Wednesday night at the Camden Opera House when Bruce Katz, vice-president of the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C., think tank, and director of its Metropolitan Policy division, solicited the thoughts of local residents on growth happening in their communities.

State Growth, Identity Debated. Portsmouth Herald: May 5, 2006. The question is this: How can you build prosperity in Maine without destroying its unique character?  The answer is one being investigated by GrowSmart Maine, which took to the road for a whirlwind four days last week, starting in Caribou on Monday and ending 1,100 miles later April 27 in Alfred.

GrowSmart Forum Offers Visions for Future. Brunswick Times-Record: May 1, 2006. Alan Caron and his associates from GrowSmart Maine were completing their eighth 90-minute presentation in three days Thursday but any fatigue they were feeling had dissipated by the end of session, helped by a standing room crowd of more than 100 who crammed into the Morrell Meeting Room of the Curtis Memorial Library.  The topic was hot: How to plan for growth without losing the character of Maine's small towns and rural areas.

Group studying state economy visits Colby. Waterville Morning Sentinel: April 27, 2006. A news report on the Brookings Institution and GrowSmart Maine regional forum held in Waterville in preparation for the "Charting Maine's Future" report.

Sprawl Big Issue for Maine. Kennebec Journal: January 1, 2006. Cities and towns need to dust off their comprehensive plans and put them to use, or the state will continue to lose its distinctive character.

Think Tank Places Bets on Maine. Portsmouth Herald: Oct. 23, 2005. A Washington, DC think tank, the Brookings Institution, is taking a bet on Maine--taking a bet that it's not too late to curtail sprawl; taking a bet residents with differing ideologies care enough about the state to talk constructively; taking a bet that young people will want to stick around if there are jobs for them.