Silka contributes to BDN series on how to improve Maine’s economy
Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, wrote the article, “What Maine can learn from how Lowell, Mass. welcomed immigrants, rebuilt its city,” for a Bangor Daily News series on how to improve Maine’s economy. In the article, Silka cited UMaine research that has found that when Mainers see something as a part of the state’s traditions, they welcome what otherwise might be seen as a scary new prospect.