Save the Dates:

This year's Annual Planning Conference will be at Sunday River Resort, Newry, Maine: October 17 - 19, 2022!

Ideas for Sessions - 2022 Planning Conference

Proposal Details
Link for Submission of Ideas: https://forms.gle/UPHy1rx6KKSj16CM9

Next year's Annual Planning Conference will be at the Wentworth by the Sea, New Castle, New Hampshire: November 6 - 8, 2023!

NNECAPA's purpose is to:

• Improve and promote the standards and quality of planning at all levels in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont,
• Encourage the free exchange of ideas among planners in Northern New England, and
• Facilitate the participation of members in the activities of the American Planning Association.

Members are invited to join the NNECAPA listserv, hosted by the Muskie School of Public Service, by sending a email to listserv@lists.maine.edu that says the following:

subscribe usm-nnecapa [your first name] [your last name]

(note that it is case sensitive)

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NNECAPA Leadership 2022

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Thanks to our sustaining partners!

Join today as a Sustaining Partner:

NNECAPA is reaching out to potential partners who are leaders in the industry to become a Sustaining Partner. We hope to create a beneficial and lasting relationship. Your involvement would be an opportunity for your business to receive exposure and to join others in our industry to assist NNECAPA in maintaining awareness and stability and to be able to service the planners from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and the rest of New England and the Canadian Maritimes.   View the levels and benefits.

Time to Renew Your Membership for 2022. Click the pertinent header and register today!

Individual Membership - $80.00

Retired/Student Membership - $25.00

Winter Webinars:

Thursday January 27, 2022; 1:00 - 2:30 pm

Maine Won’t Wait - a Four Year Action Plan for Climate Change

Awarded Plan of the Year by both the Maine Association of Planners and NNECAPA, Maine’s climate action plan is an extraordinary assemblage of documents produced by the Maine Climate Council in 2019-2020. Fundamental to its relevance and success is the original research and analysis provided in the Scientific Assessment of Climate Change and Its Effects in Maine, the report of the scientific and technical subcommittee of the Maine Climate Council. A draft of this document was issued early in the work of the Council and thereby informed the efforts of each of six Working Groups (Buildings, Infrastructure, and Housing; Transportation; Energy; Resilience, Public Health, and Emergency Management; Coastal and Marine; Natural and Working Lands). The final document – Maine Won’t Wait, a title that echoes Governor Janet Mill’s speech and commitment to the United Nations Assembly in 2020 - integrates the work of hundreds of Working Group members with a five-volume cost-benefit analysis and an assessment of the equity implications of its recommendations. A year out from its adoption in December of 2020, implementation is well underway. Emissions reductions targets are bold and being met with E/V network deployment, renewable energy sector development, and installation of thousands of heat pumps. Legislation is also moving apace to improve resilience and multiple funding streams are coming online from state and federal sources. This webinar will provide attendees with insights into the success of the planning process that produced the plan as well as the ongoing opportunities of its implementation.

Judy East, Director, Bureau of Resource Information & Land Use Planning

Brian Ambrette, Senior Climate Resilience Coordinator, Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future

Cassaundra Rose, PhD, Senior Science Analyst & Climate Council Coordinator, Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future

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Save the Date for our next webinars: 

Wednesday February 23, 2022; 12:00 - 1:30 pm

Building a Thriving Mobility Management Network

Process – Lessons Learned – The Future

 The New Hampshire State Coordinating Council for Community Transportation (SCC), its members and affiliates, started with vision of an integrated system of safe, reliable, and sustainable transportation options that allow residents to maintain independence and participate in work and community life no matter their age or ability.   Mobility management is a transportation strategy that prioritizes customer needs, and the meeting of those needs through the coordinated use of a variety of providers, and funding streams.  In this session you will learn about the steps that NH has taken to plan and implement the NH Statewide Mobility Management.  This will include grounding philosophies, opportunities that advanced the planning and implementation, the planning process itself and lessons learned, implementation and finally NH’s hope for the future capacity and sustainability of the network.

Fred Roberge, VP of Transportation, Easter Seals, NH, ME & VT

Steve Workman, Director, Transport NH

Register2/23/22 Webinar

Thursday March 31; 12:30 - 2:00

Ending Zonings Racist Legacy

This session will provide an introduction to the history of zoning practice and contemporary planning tools, discuss federal policies and programs that had a direct impact on racial segregation, and discuss new equitable zoning policies and practices 

Jennifer Raitt, Director, Dept of Planning and Community Development, Town of Arlington, MA

Register 3/31/22 Webinar