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.  Do not miss out.  Registration is already filling up!

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.

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:

  • Financial solvency is a prerequisite for long term prosperity.

  • Land is the base resource from which community prosperity is built and sustained.

  • A transportation system is a means of creating prosperity in a community, not an end unto itself.

  • Job creation and economic growth are the results of a healthy local economy, not substitutes for one.

  • Local government is a platform for citizens to collaboratively build a prosperous place.

  • Strong Towns are made of Strong Citizens.

Developer Joe Minicozzi from Urban3 LLC will also serve as a faculty

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.

 

Space is limited-Register Today!
All three sessions for the coming year are sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank. Additional sponsorships are available.  Visit Sponsorship Menu
Topsham's Economics
In addition to Community Economics on October 22 in Brunswick, the Town of Topsham will have a special evening session on Wednesday, October 21, at 6:30 p.m. with Chuck Marohn at the Topsham Public Library. In collaboration with Topsham, Friends of Midcoast Maine invites participants in The Community Institute to attend this session as well, focusing on specific analysis and recommendations for the Town of Topsham. This evening Topsham session is free but you may sign up for this at the regular Community Institute registration page if you are planning to attend both. If you want to attend in Topsham only on October 21, please e-mail us at info@communityinstitute.org.
 
Open Garden Day at the Heirloom Seed Project-August 1
Check out Open Garden Day at the Medomak Valley High School on Saturday, August 1. 
 
Heart & Soul Talks-Out of the Box ways to Boost Public Engagement

The Orton Family Foundation invites you to a free Heart & Soul Talk: Out of the Box Ways to Boost Public Engagement.  You'll hear great ideas for how to get creative and get results with public engagement that involves everyone. On the call are Meagan Picard, Orton senior associate; Meaghan Carlson, past Heart & Soul project coordinator in Gardiner, Maine; and Robby Henes, Heart & Soul Team member, from Cortez, Colorado. Thursday, August 13, 3-4 p.m. Eastern. Register today for this FREE talk.


 
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