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• Youth with a Voice (Biddeford, Maine)

  Posted on: April 29th, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

  Biddeford, Maine’s 2011 Downtown Master Plan (http://www NULL.heartofbiddeford NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/10-329-Draft-Report-Revised-2-8-121 NULL.pdf) includes the words “youth” or “students” 157 times over its 217 pages.  This was not an accident, but rather a demonstration of this New England mill town’s strong commitment to...

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• Youth with a Voice: Biddeford, ME

  Posted on: April 29th, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

  Biddeford, Maine’s 2011 Downtown Master Plan (http://www NULL.heartofbiddeford NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/10-329-Draft-Report-Revised-2-8-121 NULL.pdf) includes the words “youth” or “students” 157 times over its 217 pages.  This was not an accident, but rather a demonstration of this New England mill town’s strong commitment to...

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• Youth Storytelling and Community Engagement in Biddeford, ME

  Posted on: April 29th, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

  An Inclusive-Planning Process  In 2008, the City of Biddeford (http://www NULL.biddefordmaine NULL.org/) began a new chapter in its vibrant history when it entered into a partnership with the Orton Family Foundation (http://www NULL.orton NULL.org/) to develop a Downtown Master Plan...

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• Lessons Learned: Biddeford, ME

  Posted on: April 29th, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

  Engaging students in community development work is (much like teaching) more of an art form than a science.  Teens’ schedules, needs, interests, and motivations for participating in the public process are often different than adults.  Coordinators therefore should be flexible...

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• Student Voices: Tom Laverriere (Biddeford, ME)

  Posted on: April 29th, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

  This interview is part of NADO’s “Youth with a Voice”... case studies series, which highlights small towns and rural communities that are effectively engaging young people in planning and community development projects. Tom Laverriere is a senior at Biddeford High

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• Student Voices: Victoria Eon (Biddeford, ME)

  Posted on: April 29th, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

  This interview is part of NADO’s “Youth with a Voice”... case studies series, which highlights small towns and rural communities that are effectively engaging young people in planning and community development projects. Victoria Eon is a freshman at McGill University,

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• Inland Ports: Linking Freight and Regional Economic Development

  Posted on: October 26th, 2011 by Carrie Kissel

  This report highlights examples where intermodal facilities connecting rail and truck streamline freight movement and position their regions for economic impact.

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• Connecting the DOTs

  Posted on: September 30th, 2011 by Carrie Kissel

  This report is an entertaining yet highly informative guidebook for creative problem solving, building stronger state and local partnerships, and understanding the unique opportunities that transportation and economic development projects bring to regions and communities.

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• Mobilize Maine: Asset-Based Regional Economic Development

  Posted on: September 20th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  ...The NADO Research Foundation has released a new report, Mobilize Maine: Asset-Based Regional Economic Development.  Led by the state’s Economic Development Districts, Mobilize Maine is a proactive approach to revitalizing the economy by drawing on regional assets.  This report highlights

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