Maine
2023 SPRING CONFERENCE Highlights from the 2023 Conference AND Thank You to Our Sponsors
Maine Association of Planners (MAP) Spring 2023 Conference
On June 2, MAP held its Spring Conference at the University ofMaine, Augusta, with over 50 individuals attending.
The featured speaker, Fatuma Hussein, founder and Executive Director of the Immigrant Resource Center of Maine, kicked off the day with a keynote urging planners to involve immigrant communities in decision making processes because they have the capacity, education, and systems in place to support us.
Following the keynote, the roundtable discussion focused on the unique issues surrounding immigrants and asylum seekers and how local communities are working to adapt to their needs. We had two additional panels on land use and zoning issues around manufactured housing and approaches to housing unsheltered communities.
The annual awards, legislative updates, and a walking tour of downtown Augusta rounded out the day.
Check back for our AWARDS!
AICP CREDITS - Four AICP credits are approved for the Spring Conference. Here’s the link: https://www.planning.org/events/eventmulti/9271204/
MAP'S 2023 Spring Conference - June 2, 2023 THANK YOU TO OUR CONFERENCE SPONSORS
2023 CONFERENCE SPONSORS
- North Star Planning
- The Musson Group
- Levine Planning Strategies
- Gorrill Palmer
- Stantec
- Carol Eyerman
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.