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Conservation Law Foundation Ventures
Conservation Law Foundation Ventures, http://www.clfventures.org/

Description: CLF Ventures is redefining environmental advocacy. Through innovative partnerships with private and public sector clients, we combine CLF's longstanding reputation for environmental protection with our financial and business transaction skills. As a result, we are able to provide our clients with innovative solutions to complex environmental problems.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation

Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Department of Conservation
Forest Policy and Management Division, http://www.state.me.us/doc/mfs/fpmhome.htm

Description: The Forest Policy and Management Division provides technical assistance, information and educational services to the public, forest landowners, forest products processors and marketers, municipalities and other stakeholders. The division also implements the Forest Practices Act, providing outreach and enforcement services. The division anticipates and responds to forest policy issues and reports to the public on the state of the forest resource.

Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation

Jurisdiction: Maine

Department of the Secretary of State
Online Rules of Maine State Government Agencies, http://www.state.me.us/sos/cec/rcn/apa/depts.htm

Description: Rule chapters in the Code of Maine Rules (CMR) are arranged by unique numbers which identify the department, departmental unit, and chapter. For example, 01-015 CMR Chapter 1 represents Chapter 1 of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Maine Milk Commission. Click on the highlighted departmental designation to reach a complete list of its current chapters.

Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer

Jurisdiction: Maine

Greater Portland Neighborhoods Coalition
Greater Portland Neighborhoods Coalition, http://www.maineneighborhoods.org/

Description: The Greater Portland Neighborhoods Coalition (GPNC) was founded and established by Carol R. Schiller in April 2003 to unify and strengthen community work. The GPNC mission is to provide a forum for residents, neighborhood associations, businesses, and institutions to communicate, educate, and collaborate on common issues.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning

Jurisdiction: Maine

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Maine Downtown Center
Maine Downtown Center, http://www.mdf.org/downtown/index.html

Description: The Maine Downtown Center is a program of the Maine Development Foundation devoted to fostering new vitality at the heart of Maine Communities. The mission of the Maine Downtown Center is to foster downtown development that is dynamic and community-based, and results in economic development, business growth, job creation, housing revitalization, historic preservation, and cultural enhancement.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning

Jurisdiction: Maine

Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, http://www.state.me.us/mhpc/

Description: The Maine Historic Preservation Commission is the state agency which functions as the State Historic Preservation Office in Maine. As such, the Commission is responsible for the identification, evaluation, and protection of Maine's significant cultural resources. The Commission oversees the statewide survey program, nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places, reviews development activities for their effect on cultural resources, co-ordinates rehabilitation projects under the Preservation Tax Incentives Program, assists local governments in survey work and the design of preservation guidelines, and is involved in a variety of public education activities.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation, What You Can Do

Jurisdiction: Maine

Maine Judicial Branch
Supreme Court Opinions, http://www.courts.state.me.us/opinions/supreme/index.html

Description: The opinions of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court sitting as the Law Court have been published on this site since January 1, 1997. The permanent official version of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's opinions is that published in Atlantic Reporter, 2d Series, which has been Maine's Official Reporter since 1966.

Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer

Jurisdiction: Maine

Maine Municipal Association
Maine Municipal Association, http://www.memun.org/

Description: The Maine Municipal Association is a voluntary membership organization of the State's cities, towns, plantations and organized townships to provide a unified voice for Maine's municipalities to promote and strengthen local government.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others

Jurisdiction: Maine

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Maine Preservation
Maine Preservation, http://www.mainepreservation.com/

Description: For over 30 years, Maine Preservation has encouraged the recognition and preservation of Maine's historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes, downtowns and communities.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Historic Preservation

Jurisdiction: Maine

Maine Revenue Services
Property Tax Division, http://www.state.me.us/revenue/propertytax/homepage.html

Description: Information about property taxes.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation

Jurisdiction: Maine

Maine Revenue Services
Tax Relief, http://www.state.me.us/revenue/taxrelief/homepage.html

Description: Information about property taxes relief.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Land Preservation

Jurisdiction: Maine

Maine State Housing Authority
Maine State Housing Authority, http://www.mainehousing.org/

Description: The Maine State Housing Authority assists the people of Maine to obtain and maintain decent, safe, affordable housing and services suitable to their unique housing needs. MSHA provides leadership, maximum resources, and promotes partnerships to develop implement sound housing policy.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing

Jurisdiction: Maine

State Planning Office
Floodplain Management Program, http://www.state.me.us/spo/flood/

Description: The NFIP is a voluntary program that offers community residents the opportunity to purchase flood insurance provided by the Program in exchange for the community's commitment to practice sound land use management. Currently, there are over 6,900 flood insurance policies in effect in Maine with coverage totaling over $899 million. Mortgage loans and disaster assistance are severely limited in communities that do not participate in the NFIP.

Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer

Jurisdiction: Maine

EPA

State Brownfields & Voluntary Response Program:Region 1, www.epa.gov

Description: Region 1: CT; ME; MA; NH; RI; VT.

Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities,

Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County.

This page was last updated on July 13, 2005.

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