[CoolCommunities] Fwd: Join Us at Summit 2008: October 10th in Augusta

[Diane Brandon]

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> From: "Alan Caron, GrowSmart Maine" <acaron at growsmartmaine.org>
> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:03:46 GMT
>
> Groundwork Update
> News from GrowSmart Maine
>
> On October 10th, hundreds of Maine businesspeople, citizen  
> activists, fiscal watchdogs, environmentalists, and politicians  
> will convene at the Augusta Civic Center at the fifth annual  
> GrowSmart Maine Summit <http://www.growsmartmaine.org/programs/ 
> summit.asp>. We hope that you'll join us. Registers at:
>
> <https://secure.ga0.org/02/gsm/events/summit08reg/purchase.tcl? 
> member_key=w6dii5urq856bmb&>
>
> Over the past five years, the Summit has emerged as the premier  
> event for Maine citizens to discuss strategies for growing Maine's  
> economy while preserving the state's character and quality of life.  
> Last year's event attracted over 800 highly-engaged citizens from  
> all corners of the state.
>
> This year, the Brookings Institution's Bruce Katz, a lead author of  
> our 2006 "Charting Maine's Future" report who also delivered a  
> celebrated keynote at the 2006 GrowSmart Summit, will give his  
> assessment of the progress that Maine has made since the last time  
> he was in the Augusta Civic Center, and of what still needs to be  
> done.
>
> The 2008 Summit will also expand the 2006 report’s “action plan for  
> sustainable prosperity” into new territory, as GrowSmart Maine  
> contemplates two “sequel” reports focused on transforming Maine  
> government and on growing a new industries and businesses in the  
> renewable energy and green innovation sectors.
>
> For GrowSmart Maine’s proposed “Governing Maine in the 21st  
> Century” project, Jim Chrisinger, a public policy expert who has  
> advised numerous state, local, and national governments for the  
> Public Strategies Group <http://www.psg.us/> , will deliver a  
> keynote speech on the challenges and opportunities of creating new,  
> cost-effective models of government for the 21st century.
>
> The Summit will also feature Joel Rogers, co-founder of the Apollo  
> Alliance <http://www.apolloalliance.org/> , a national coalition of  
> business, environmental, and community leaders advocating for clean- 
> energy research and development on the scale of the Apollo space  
> program. Rogers will speak about the possibilities of growing a new  
> “green-tech” sector in Maine that creates new economic  
> opportunities while also addressing the challenges of rising energy  
> costs and climate change.
>
> The Summit’s workshops will give participants a chance to sound off  
> on these issues with some of Maine’s most innovative thinkers, plus  
> guests from around the nation. Summit attendees will have a chance  
> to discuss Maine’s future with experts like Erika Spanger-Siegfried  
> of the Union of Concerned Scientists, Kate Rube of the  
> Transportation for America campaign <http://t4america.org/> , and  
> Governor Angus King of Independence Wind.
>
> Please join us in Augusta on October 10th. If you'd like to learn  
> more about the event, we have all the details on our website  
> <http://www.growsmartmaine.org/programs/summit.asp> . You can also  
> register online by using our secure webpages <https:// 
> secure.ga0.org/02/gsm/events/summit08reg/purchase.tcl? 
> member_key=w6dii5urq856bmb&> . We'll see you there! Alan Caron
> President, GrowSmart Maine
>