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The Community Institute #4 -
"Community Economics"
October 22, 2015 Brunswick Maine
Community Economics is sure to be one of the most important sessions you will attend in the coming year. This session will cover policy, program and practical decisions community members, business leaders and governmental leaders make everyday and will analyze the costs and consequences of these. Join national faculty members Chuck Marohn from Strong Towns and Joe Minicozzi from Urban 3 LLC on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at The Daniel in Brunswick Maine. State and local faculty members include Yellow Light Breen of Bangor Savings Bank, Rob Brown of Business Ownership Solutions, Kenneth Greenleaf of MaineStream Finance and Jonathan LaBonte, City of Auburn, to name a few.
Each session of The Community Institute features up-close and personal discussion with national experts, tools for you and your community and valuable networking time. Each session of TCI builds strong places, communities and leaders. Register Today!
Where else can you spend a day talking about policies, programs, tools and opportunities that will make a difference, improve your community and strengthen our local, regional and state economy? At The Community Institute you will learn from others, acquire tools that work, engage in discussions that matter and be inspired.
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| | Chuck Marohn, Strong Towns |
Charles Marohn is from Strong Towns. Strong Towns mission is to "support a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient". Strong Towns holds that:
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Financial solvency is a prerequisite for long term prosperity.
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Land is the base resource from which community prosperity is built and sustained.
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A transportation system is a means of creating prosperity in a community, not an end unto itself.
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Job creation and economic growth are the results of a healthy local economy, not substitutes for one.
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Local government is a platform for citizens to collaboratively build a prosperous place.
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Strong Towns are made of Strong Citizens.
Developer Joe Minicozzi from Urban3 LLC will also serve as a faculty
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| | Joe Minicozzi, Urban3 LLC |
member for this session. Urban3 LLC helps communities make better decisions through the understanding of data and design. He will present his data and analysis, including some from Maine communities he has worked with and inspire you to view your community's development patters differently. His group has conducted property value analysis, retail tax studies, revenue forecasting, and transit-oriented development analysis across geographies ranging from rural areas and small cities to regional areas. Joe Minicozzi is the principal of Urban3, a consulting company created by Asheville real estate developer, Public Interest Projects. Urban3's work in pioneering geo-spatial representation of economic productivity has prompted a paradigm shift in understanding the economic potency of urbanism and the value of well designed cities. Their studies of cities in the United States and Canada have affected the reevaluation of public policy and a broader understanding of market dynamics created by tax policy.
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We are saddened by the loss of buildings, business and apartments in downtown Gardiner this past week. Please consider making a donation to one of the several relief funds to help businesses and families rebuild.
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Arts, Culture and Economic Prosperity
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GrowSmart Maine is hosting a community forum this Friday, July 24 at 1 p.m in Belfast Maine at Waterfall Arts. Friends of Midcoast Maine Executive Director Jane Lafleur will be moderating this session. Panelists include Breanna Pinkham Bebb, Our Town Belfast; Kimberly Callas, Belfast Creative Coalition; Alan Crichton, Waterfall Arts; Rob Dietz, Pica Design + Marketing; and Julie Richard, Maine Arts Commission.
What do you imagine when you think of a healthy downt own? It's likely full of people walking, biking, and genuinely enjoying the space they are in. We think of people collaborating to become a destination for people to visit and experience. Cities and towns are beginning to embrace arts and culture as a means of distinguishing their downtowns as creative economies. Through passion, innovation, and creativity, communities are changing and reinventing themselves through arts and culture, and generating significant economic activity by doing so. GSM invites you to join the second Smart Growth Forum of the 2015 Season in Belfast, Maine - a city that has pioneered this movement in Maine, and is a success-story for arts and economic prosperity.
Be sure to stick around town afterwards-- the Forum will be followed by the Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk!
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Zoning Changes in Belfast to Allow Small Houses and Apartments
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Belfast is a city that could use more in-town housing options, according to the city officials that last fall voted in favor of changing zoning ordinances to allow for the construction of smaller apartments and houses.
But not everyone understands what the zoning changes could mean for their properties, and that's why residents are invited to come to a discussion to be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday that is intended to provide some clarification - and hopefully a little inspiration, according to City Councilor Mike Hurley....
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RESPONSIBLE TOURISM - How to Preserve the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg
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Where did you go on your last vacation? Was it rewarding and satisfying?
Would you recommend it to a friend? Did the destination meet your expectations? Or were you disappointed? Did traffic congestion, dirty air, crowded beaches, slipshod service or excessive commercialism leave you feeling frustrated and cheated?
Tourism is big business. Americans spend more than $800 billion a year on travel and recreational pursuits away from home. Tourism is one of the three largest industries in every American state and a critical factor in the world economy. READ MORE...
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Jane Lafleur, Executive Director
Friends of Midcoast Maine and The Community Institute
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