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New Contact Info.
GrowSmart Maine has settled into its new offices
on the corner of Cumberland Avenue and Elm Street in downtown
Portland. Please update your address books:
New phone number: 699-4330
309 Cumberland Ave.,
Suite 202
Portland, Maine
04101
GrowSmart Maine in the News
Charting Maine's Future Blog: Empirical
Studies Find That Walkable Neighborhoods Are Stronger
Real-Estate Markets.
Two recent studies find
that properties within walking distance of other shops and
services (whether in urban downtowns or in small-town village
areas) are more likely to increase in value than properties in
car-dependent locations.
Mainebiz: Funding
Foresight
Our August "Charting the Course"
column looks at the big economic impacts of the $55 million
research and development bond that Maine voters approved in
November 2007.
Mainebiz: Rail Rebound?
Developers Remain Optimistic About Downeaster
Expansion
Notwithstanding Augusta's lack of
support for the Downeaster passenger rail service, private
developers are still moving forward with large-scale,
transit-oriented development projects in downtown Freeport and
Brunswick.
WSJ: The
Maine Miracle
The libertarian Wall
Street Journal editorial page congratulates Maine for
passing a tax reform package that will encourage business growth
by lowering the income tax rate - an action endorsed in our 2006
"Charting Maine's Future" report.
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Help Set GrowSmart Maine's State House Agenda for 2010
We're a grassroots organization, and we rely on
support and action from Mainers all over the
state to make positive changes in Augusta. All of our "smart
growth" policy successes - bills like the statewide
building and energy efficiency code, the historic preservation
tax credit, and our most recent success, the new Communities
for Maine's Future program - relied on grassroots advocacy
from Mainers like you.
As we look forward to 2010, then, we'd like you to tell us
what you think our top priorities should be.
Help
us shape our agenda in Augusta - take our
survey.
This survey will close by September 25th. Thanks for your
input!
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Your contributions
make our advocacy work in Augusta possible. Help us build a
stronger economy, while enhancing Maine's quality
places:
Click here to give an online
contribution.
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GrowSmart Maine has settled into
its new offices on the corner of Cumberland Avenue and Elm
Street in downtown Portland. We'd like to invite you to an open
house at the end of this month to check out our new quarters and
catch up with other GrowSmart Maine supporters.
Please join us after work on Wednesday, September
30th, between 5 and 7 pm. We're upstairs from Avesta
Housing on the corner of Elm Street and Cumberland Avenue - just
a block away from Monument Square.
Our new phone number:
699-4330
And our new address:
309 Cumberland
Ave.,
Suite 202
Portland, Maine
04101
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Other Upcoming Events
September 25-27:
Common Ground Fair in
Unity
GrowSmart Maine will be back in the Social and
Political Action area. As we did last year, we're looking for a
few volunteers who could help staff our space during the course
of the weekend. Contact Laura at laura@growsmartmaine.org
or 699-4330 ext. 308 if you can spare an hour or two of your
time.
November 13-14:
Juice Conference in
Camden
The Juice Conference is a meeting of leaders and
entrepreneurs in Maine's creative economy. This year's
conference, focused on "building Maine's innovation networks,"
is now
accepting registrations.
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you use Facebook? Become
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interesting news articles and links, and meet other allies who
are working to make our state a better, more prosperous
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