Maine
MAP Award Winners Celebrating the 2026 MAP Award Winners
The Maine Association of Planners celebrated the 2026 awardees at the Spring Conference held on June 11, 2026. The 2026 awardees are:
- Citizen Planner of the Year: Jeremy Stewart, Town of Deer Isle
- Planner of the Year: Janna Richards, Hancock County Planning Commission
- Plan of the Year: Carrabassett Valley Comprehensive Plan Update
- Project of the Year: Establishment of the Maine Office of Community Affairs
- Lifetime Achievement Awards: Mathew Eddy and Sue Baker
MAP Recaps September Events Recaps
Did you miss the recent events on bird safe architecture and on implementing LD 2173, but are curious to learn more? Guidance was shared at both events and can be accessed by MAP members:
Implementing LD 2173
- Implementing LD 2173 Slide Deck
- Housing Opportunity Program Email: housing.moca@maine.gov (to sign up for HOP’s listerv)
- Technical Assistance | Maine Office of Community Affairs (Housing Opportunity Program Housing Legislation Guidance)
- MCOG Index for HOP’s Housing Legislation Guidance Document
- Rules & Guidance | Maine Office of Community Affairs (Proposed rule for LD 2173- comment deadline passed on September 18th)
- Jenn Curtis reports that the City of Bath’s Land Use Code is officially enacted now and is available on the City’s website.
Please feel free to reach out to any of the panelists with your questions. Contact information is in the slide deck.
Bird Safe Architecture
- A link to the state's BirdSafe Guidelines for Architects and Designers that the state published last year (and aone page summary)
- A link to the 2024 Portland Bird Safe Architecture ordinance
For more information, please reach out to Nick Lund, Advocacy and Outreach Manager for Maine Audubon, atnlund@maineaudubon.org.
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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