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Unlocking Housing - Lunch and Learn Discussion

This interactive session lead by Nancy Smith, with GrowSmart Maine, follows Chris Allen's presentation about Unlocking Housing. Smith invites the audience to explore policy ideas that promote housing in locations that work for Maine communities.

Nancy Smith | GrowSmart Maine

This interactive session lead by Nancy Smith, with GrowSmart Maine, follows Chris Allen's presentation about Unlocking Housing. Smith invites the audience to explore policy ideas that promote housing in locations that work for Maine communities.

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Highlights From Policy Action 2023

Build Maine and GrowSmart Maine innovated a new process for engaging a broad statewide conversation, best described as public policy crowdsourcing. Learn about work that started in 2019, involving hundreds of people across the state, and the big policy moves from the 2023 session to improve built outcomes while reducing demand for development on rural lands.

Nancy Smith, GrowSmart Maine; Zoe Miller, Moving Maine Network; Josh Caldwell, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Tara Kelly, Maine Preservation; Representative Melanie Sachs; Representative Traci Gere

Build Maine and GrowSmart Maine innovated a new process for engaging a broad statewide conversation, best described as public policy crowdsourcing. Learn about work that started in 2019, involving hundreds of people across the state, and the big policy moves from the 2023 session to improve built outcomes while reducing demand for development on rural lands.

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