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SUMMARY:Talk - The Shifting Dynamics of Rural Economic Development
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Vicki Rusbult and Lee Umphrey\, Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) \nEastern Maine Development Corporation\, a Maine designated economic development district\, has developed a new model of economic development. Economic Opportunity Response Teams (EORT) components enhance traditional technical assistance services by fostering fully integrated\, collaborative relationships with businesses\, communities\, and individuals. The process is enhanced by creating Targeted Development Roadmap that support client-specific and long-term partnerships. \nLee Umphrey\, President and CEO\, EMDC \nFollowing decades of professional experience connecting people and communities with programs and resources at local\, state\, federal and international levels of government\, Lee Umphrey joined EMDC as President and CEO in October of 2018. \nLee began his career in Washington\, D.C. at the Library of Congress. While employed at the institution’s Congressional Research Service\, he learned the value of research and gained an appreciation for the consequential role of information dissemination in creating opportunities. As a staffer for several subsequent years with U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell\, Lee developed the foundation for what would become a career-long emphasis on successful interactions with Capitol Hill\, federal agencies and international entities. \nThroughout his career\, Lee has focused on education\, healthcare and workforce needs as well as community and economic development\, to create\, reinvigorate and promote sustainable initiatives through legislative action and access to state and federal programs. As Vice President and Interim Executive Director of Math for America\, he directed a congressional process establishing a national math and science corps that became public law. \nVicki Rusbult\, Director of Community Initiatives\, EMDC \nVicki joined EMDC in 2010\, and has more than 38 years’ experience in project and grants development and management in the fields of transportation\, economic development\, community planning\, cancer research\, primary care research\, and healthcare. Vicki oversees community and regional economic activities and provides technical assistance for comprehensive planning\, community development\, writing and publication of the regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)\, and infrastructure planning and development. She has a Doctorate of Education/Educational and Transformative Leadership from the University of New England and a Masters’ in Public Administration from the University of Maine. \n 
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SUMMARY:Talk - Dams\, Culverts and the Art of Decision Making
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Sam Roy\, Research Assistant Professor\, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions \nDam removal is now common practice for restoring natural flow connectivity in rivers\, with significant benefits for migratory fish and their freshwater/marine ecosystems. However\, dams are only one of several types of infrastructure fragmenting aquatic habitat. Though dams generally have greater impact\, other man-made barriers like road culverts also limit migration. We explore the potential for combining dam removals and road culvert improvements to improve the costs and benefits of restoration using examples from New England. Culverts are more pervasive than dams in developed landscapes\, and poorly designed/maintained culverts have similar impacts on migration. However\, there are important roadway safety considerations that also factor into improvement\, creating opportunities for multicriteria-based collaborations. Coordinating these decisions at greater spatial scales may dramatically improve the cost-effectiveness of ecological restoration\, though climate projections indicate more frequent\, costly culvert improvements in the future. \nSam Roy has expertise in dynamic socio-ecological systems\, machine learning\, biophysical modeling\, stakeholder engagement\, team science leadership\, and student training and mentorship. His on-going sustainability research projects include: the Future of Dams and a new partnership with the Department of Energy to develop decision support tools for multi-objective management of US dams; a USGS/WRRI-funded project for development of computer-based tools to improve ecological and transportation safety management of tens of thousands of culverts underlying Maine’s vast road network amid changing climate and land use; and a coastal water quality project to identify potential policy change geared towards regulation of wild caught and aquaculture shellfish harvests. With colleagues in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences\, Roy is also collaborating on research to generate a first-of-its-kind global model of bedrock strength and near-surface stress to make spatially-explicit predictions of landslide susceptibility via the integration of geostatistics\, physics-based models\, and deep learning algorithms. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-dams-culverts-and-the-art-of-decision-making/
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SUMMARY:Talk - Sustainable\, Livable Communities for All: MDI’s affordable housing problem
DESCRIPTION:A Power Point of Ted’s talk is available. \nSpeaker: Ted Koffman \nAffordable housing for low- and middle-income employees is nearly out of reach in some Maine communities. Mount Desert Island (MDI) is one community struggling with affordable housing for its year-round workforce. Data from the US Census Bureau indicates a growing trend for MDI’s workers to commute from off the island. This figure reached more than 60% in 2014. Additionally\, data indicates that Hancock County has a large share of unaffordable housing compared to the rest of the state. For example\, 35% of residents spending more than 30% of their household income on mortgage costs and almost half of the county’s residents spending more than 30% of their income on rental costs. In this talk\, Ted will focus on his work with the Island Housing Trust (IHT) which promotes viable\, year-round communities on MDI by advancing permanent workforce housing. He will discuss the threats to maintaining a sustainable year-round community and how these threats are reflected within the community\, as well as what solutions IHT\, and it’s Island partners\,  are proposing to strengthen MDI communities. \nAbout Ted Koffman \nIn 1976\, Ted Koffman joined the staff at College of Atlantic (COA) working in various roles over many years. But Ted’s career changed direction in the 1990s when COA Trustees tasked him with establishing “Eco-Eco”\, a statewide civic forum to engage business\, environmental\, academic and civic leaders in discussions focused on the environment and economy in Maine’s future. \nEco-Eco initiated the Maine Environmental Priorities Project (MEPP) which was established by Executive Order in 1993. MEPP’s Steering Committee guided a 4-year project working with technical experts to evaluate 15 environmental risks to citizens based on public health\, ecology\, and quality of life. MEPP resulted in a risk reduction management plan and State of the Environment report. \nOne unique issue\, was considered given the consequences of haphazard sprawling development. Consequently\, “Eco-Eco Smart Growth” was launched with a coalition of interests. It engaged with communities\, development practitioners\, professional town planners\, and State Commissioners. \nTed’s exposure to the public policy arena led to his successful 2000 campaign for the State Legislature\, where he served for eight years. In this first term\, he formed and chaired the Community Preservation Advisory Committee (CPAC)\, an incubator for smart growth policy development. CPAC championed the 2008 Historic Tax Credit law creating attractive incentives to developers willing to invest in rehabilitating designated historic building across the State. Within the law is a bonus incentive to developers to include up to 30% of a project providing affordable housing units. \nFollowing his Legislative service\, Ted joined Maine Audubon in 2009 as executive director based in Falmouth. He retired in 2014 and returned to Bar Harbor where he serves on the Board of Directors of Island Housing Trust (IHT). IHT has created affordable housing opportunities to 35 families working and living on Mount Desert Island year-around. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-sustainable-livable-communities-for-all-mdis-affordable-housing-problem/
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