Managing & Revitalizing
Towns & Cities
John Melrose
Maine Tomorrow
Michael Finnegan
Maine State Housing Authority
Bill King
Maine Downtown Center
Dana Totman
Avesta Housing
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Protecting the Rural &
Natural Landscape
Deb Burd
Western Mountains Alliance
Mark Lapping
Muskie School of Public Service
Matt Hancock
Hancock Land Company
Warren Knight
Smiling Hill Farm
Cathy Johnson
Natural Resources Council of Maine
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Getting to Regionalism:
Success May Start with the Natural Landscape
Evan Richert
Chair, GrowSmart Maine
Roger Cole
Mt. Agementicus to the Sea
Diane Brandon
Healthy Maine Communities
& KEYS Project
Paul Schumacher Southern Maine
Regional Planning Commission
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Dunstan Crossing:
“Not Getting to Yes”
The Role of the Public in
Smart Growth Planning
Jack Kartez
Muskie School of Public Service
Ron Owens
Scarborough Town Manager
Elliott Chamberlain
ALC Construction
Sylvia Most
Scarborough Town Councilor
Dennis Netto
Scarborough citizen
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Morning Session |
Big Boxes’ and Their Effect on Local Businesses
Stacy Mitchell
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Mary Kate Reny
Reny’s Department Stores
Beth Humstone
Vermont Forum on Sprawl
Build It & They Will Come:
Smart Development Models
Richard Berman
Great American Neighborhood
Rich Cromwell
Topsham Crossing Great American Neighborhood
George Lawrence
Mill Stream Conservation Subdivision
Peter Bass Saco Park Street Lofts
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Sustaining Farming in theFace of Sprawl
Frank Miles
Maine Farmland Trust
John Piotti
Unity Barn Raisers
Evan McDougal
McDougal Orchards, Springvale
Bob Fogler
Stonyvale Farm, Bangor
Joyce Benson
Diversified farmer,
Troy, Maine;
Senior Planner, State Planning Office
Open-Space Subdivisions:
Balancing Preservation
and Development
Donna Larson
Planner, Town of Freeport
Steve Searle
Developer
Bob Santomenna
Freeport Conservation Trust |
Getting to Regionalism:
How Some Towns are Finding Their Way
Dick Barringer
Muskie School of Public Service
Nat Tupper
Town Manager, Yarmouth
Dale Olmstead
Town Manager, Freeport
Cathy Goodwin
Greater York Region Chamber of Commerce
Five-minute Soapbox:
What is going on in your town that others should know about?
Moderated by Craig Freshley
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“Watch Your Language”
When Communicating Complex Issues Like Sprawl
Alan Caron
President, GrowSmart Maine
David Goldberg
Communications Director,
Smart Growth America
Tools for Community Design andDecision Making:
GIS & Community Viz
Terry DeWan DeWan & Associates
Judy Colby-George
Spatial Alternatives
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Afternoon I |
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Sprawl’s Role in the Rise of Obesity, Asthma & Lyme Disease
Dora Anne Mills
Director, Bureau of Health
Anne Lusk Harvard School of Public Health
Jim Fisher Maine Association of Planners
Theo Holtwijk Planner, Town of Brunswick
Managing Stormwater:
Regulations and Innovative Solutions
Dawn Gallagher
Commissioner, Maine
Department of Environmental Protection
Don Witherill
Watershed Management,
Department of Environmental Protection
Jeff Edelstein
Casco Bay Interlocal Stormwater
Working Group
Jeff Austin
Maine Municipal Association
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Forest Landowners’ Responses to Fragmentation & Parcelization
Wrought by Sprawl
Tom Doak
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine
Marc Johnson Landowner, South China
Roger Monthey US Forest Service
Beginning with Habitat:
Local Strategies for Conservation
Barbara Charry
Maine Audubon Society
Steve Walker Natural Resources Planner,
Town of Brunswick
Liz Hertz State Planning Office
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Transportation and Land Use Planning: Who’s Driving?
Kathy Fuller
Maine Department of Transportation
Bruce Hyman
Wilbur Smith Associates
To the Movies: A Viewing of “SaveOur Land, Save Our Community”
Produced by Tom Hylton
Directed by Dirk Eitzen
Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Hylton’s film explores how America can save its cities and towns.
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Preparing the Ground for Building Smart Growth: Approaches to Community Participation
Jonathan Reitman
Gosline & Reitman
Dispute Resolution Services
Jack Kartez
Muskie School of Public Service
Richard Remsen
Ingraham Corner, Rockport
Richard Berman
Brickhill, South Portland
Ron Beard
MDI Tomorrow, Mt. Desert
Policy Forum: What Can the State Do?
Sen. Lynn Bromley
Co-Chair, Community
Preservation Advisory Committee (C-PAC*)
Sue Inches
Deputy Director, State Planning Office
Rep. Ted Koffman
C-PAC* and Eco-Eco
Scott Wolf
GrowSmart Rhode Island
Kristina Egan
Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
Beth Humstone
Vermont Forum on Sprawl
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Afternoon II |