Maine
Spring MAP Meeting A fun and insightful day!
The Maine Association of Planners Spring 2026 Conference was a fun and insightful day!
Thank you to all attendees and panelists! The presentations, including the legislative updates and the menti poll results, can be reviewed or downloaded at your convenience.
AICP CMs can be logged via APA’s website:https://planning.org/events/eventmulti/9330392/
Thank you to our sponsors for supporting the Spring 2026 Conference:
Lead Sponsors: Maine Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning and North Star PlanningConference Sponsors: Jacobs and The Musson GroupConference Supporters: IOV Community Planning + Consulting and Levine Planning Strategies
Consider joining the new Planning/Appeals Board Training Advisory Committee!
Per 30-A MRS § 4364-C, all municipalities in Maine have a responsibility to have Planning Board and Board of Appeals members attend a "training on land use planning offered by a state agency or a statewide association representing municipalities or a regional council or municipality," creating a need for an accessible, pre-packaged training on land use principles. MAP, in partnership with the Maine Office of Community Affairs, is exploring the creation of a statewide resource to meet this need and provide land use education to our Boards. If you are interested in serving on an advisory committee or helping create material, please add your email address via this form.
Save the dates!
- September 17: MAP Tour and Discussion on Bird Safe Architecture at Gilsland Farm
- October 21-23: NNECAPA Conference in Manchester, NH
How to join...... MAP Listserv
The MAP Listserv is a great resource for tapping the knowledge of fellow planners and sharing information about relevant planning news, events, and opportunities.
MAP uses Google Groups for it's Listserv. If you'd like to join the Listserv, here are the instructions to participate in MAP's GOOGLE GROUP:
To Join the Google Group:
1. Visit https://groups.google.com/g/maine-association-planners. You may want to bookmark this URL as you can return here to view and search archived messages once you are a member.
2. Click “Ask to join group”
3. When you request to join, you will be given the option to select email preferences from the following options:
a. No Email: You won't receive messages to the group in your Inbox. You can visit the group's discussion archive to read messages.
b. Abridged Email: Once a day, you'll get a summary of new messages.
c. Digest Email: Once a day, you'll get full email messages bundled into a single message.
d. All Email: You'll receive each message sent to the group separately.
4. You can link to your Google profile, if you have one.
To post to the listserv:
1. Email maine-association-planners@googlegroups.com.
a. Please add this address to your address books and safe sender lists
2. Only members of the group can post messages. Spammers will be removed.
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