Summit 2007: Make the Connection
Last year, “Charting Maine’s Future,” the GrowSmart-Brookings Report, investigated the connections between Maine’s economy, our quality places, and our governance. The Brookings Institution found ample good news: our economy is growing, and the “Maine brand” is still strong. But we also face challenges: a high tax burden is accelerating sprawl, while our emerging innovation economy remains small.
The Report’s findings can be unified in a single insight: that protecting our quality places, growing the innovation economy, and streamlining government are related and interdependent issues. We continue to make progress on them all and your participation is vital.
Let’s meet at the Summit.
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Event Details
The 2007 Summit was held on Friday, October 19, 2007, at the Augusta Civic Center (map).
Highlights of the Summit included:
- Keynote Speaker Professor Ronald Heifetz, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- A Candidates' Forum: Congressman Tom Allen speaks with GrowSmart Maine President Alan Caron.
- A "youth infusion" with 100 scholarships for young Mainers (contact our Summit coordinator for more information)
- Three national guests: Reid Ewing, National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education; Lee Sobel, US EPA Office of Development, Community & Environment; Jonathan Ford, Morris Beacon Design.
- A Google Maps-based carpool matchup for participants
- Even more workshop opportunities than in previous years: 3 sessions with 11 workshop choices in each
- Maine-grown, Maine-produced foods
- Complimentary registrations for Legislators who bring a colleague "from the other side of the aisle"
- Lunchtime meetups on various topics to facilitate networking
- Film showings including "Maine Women Living on the Land" by Lauren Shaw, "Coastal Choices" by Melissa Paly, and "Save Our Land, Save Our Towns" by Thomas Hylton.
Keynote Speaker: Ronald Heifetz
We're very pleased to announce that Ronald Heifetz, a cofounder of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, will deliver a keynote address at the 2007 GrowSmart Summit. Known for his seminal work during the last two decades on the practice and teaching of leadership, Heifetz's research focuses on how to build adaptive capacity in societies, businesses, and nonprofits.
At Summit 2007, Heifetz will discuss the ways in which networks of involved citizens of diverse backgrounds and interests can organize to generate transformational leadership. It promises to be a great inspiration for the Summit 2007 audience.
Click here to read a 1999 interview with Heifetz in Fast Company magazine.
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Members receive $15 off the regular price of Summit registration and a direct link to our online registration pages in your confirmation e-mail.
100 Summit scholarships are available for Maine students and youth leaders, thanks to the generosity of the sponsors listed below.
Thanks to this year's Summit sponsors!
Sponsors help make the GrowSmart Maine Summit happen each year. The support of these companies and organizations reflects their commitment to sustainable prosperity and to work together with GrowSmart Maine and diverse others for a better Maine. They are (to date):
Thanks also to the sponsors of our youth scholarships, which funded the registration fees for over 100 young Maine citizens:
Leonard C. and Mildred F. Ferguson Foundation
Interested in sponsoring next year's Summit? Please contact Irma Bauer-Levesque, our Director of Development, at 847-9275 ext. 309.
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