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Let's Connect is a weekly podcast focused on how cities and towns in Greater Portland are overcoming challenges in their communities. Hosted by Kristina Egan, Executive Director of the Greater...
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Let's Connect is a weekly podcast focused on how cities and towns in Greater Portland are overcoming challenges in their communities. Hosted by Kristina Egan, Executive Director of the Greater Portland Council of Governments, the show focuses on a range of issues, including housing, transportation, climate change, and economic development.
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18 JUN. 2025 · Dave Herring, Executive Director, https://www.wolfesneck.org/ for Agriculture & the Environment in Freeport, talks about how regenerative agriculture is helping farmers build resilience in the face of climate change. Dave explains what makes regenerative practices different from conventional or organic farming—and how they can help farms survive floods, droughts, and unpredictable weather.We also dig into the recent loss of a major $35 million USDA grant and what it means for the farm’s future. Can the funding be restored? And how will https://www.wolfesneck.org/continue to serve as a leader for sustainable farming in Maine and across the Northeast?
10 JUN. 2025 · Host Kristina Egan speaks with several leaders working on climate issues at the https://www.climateworkmaine.org/ Summit, including Hannah Pingree, who recently stepped down from leading the State Office of Policy Innovation & the Future, James Dozier, a clean energy advocate and lobbyist, Glenn Cummings, Director of Green Schools, Alan Caron, founder of https://www.climateworkmaine.org/, Lydia Covert, Corporate Sustainability Director at Unum, Joe Curtatone, President, Alliance for Climate Transition, and Dr. Ivan Fernandez retired as the Distinguished Maine Professor of Soil Science in the School of Forest Resourcesat the University of Maine.
5 JUN. 2025 · In this episode, host Jamie Garvin talks with South Portland City Manager Scott Morelli, Gray Town Manager Michael Foley, and Kate Dufour, Director of Advocacy and Communications at the Maine Municipal Association. Together, they explore the factors fueling increasing property taxes—and efforts in Augusta and in local communities to ease the burden.
21 MAY. 2025 · Don’t throw away your food waste! Save money and turn your table scraps into rich soil and renewable electricity. Kevin Roche, CEO of https://www.ecomaine.org/and Greg Williams, Director of Public Policy & Outreach at Waste Solutions at https://www.agricycleenergy.com/, talk with host Tom Bell about keeping food waste out of landfills. Learn compositing tips (keep those worms fed and happy) and about how dairy farmers are mixing food waste with manure to create electricity for the power grid.
16 MAY. 2025 · Believe it or not, Route One in Maine is turning 100 years old. So, what should the next 10,20,100 years look like? Host Chris Chop, the Transportation Director at the Greater Portland Council of Governments, talks with the agency’s Regional Transportation Planner Laura Qualey and Senior Planner Christian Roadman. The agency is working with nine communities and other partners to develop a vision for the corridor.
14 MAY. 2025 · https://www.americorps.gov/fellow Ellie Hughes, former AmeriCorps fellow Emerson Goodrich and South Portland Sustainability Director Julie Rosenbach discuss how AmeriCorps leverages the power of volunteerism to do great things for Maine communities. They also examine the impact of the Trump Administration’s abrupt termination of federal AmeriCorps funding in Maine, putting at risk the service of more than 120 AmeriCorps volunteers. These young people —many of whom have committed to provide 1,700 hours of public service—will now only be able to complete approximately 30 percent of their intended service.
9 MAY. 2025 · Phil Coupe, co-founder of ReVision Energy, one of New England’s most respected clean energy companies, remains bullish about the future of renewable energy despite the lack of support from the Trump administration.
19 ABR. 2025 · Host Kristina Egan sits down with Andrew Zarro, the new executive director of the https://www.bikemaine.org/ for a wide-ranging conversation about his love for cycling, his vision for safer streets, and how better bike infrastructure can transform communities.
17 ABR. 2025 · Andrew Butcher, President of the https://www.maineconnectivity.org/ talks about the challenges and joys of expanding high-speed Internet access in Maine and the impact of federal upheavals and executive orders.
27 MAR. 2025 · The City of Portland wants to transform Franklin Street from an auto-centric arterial into a vibrant urban corridor, balancing transportation needs for all people while opening land for much-needed housing.Host Kristina Egan speaks with Kevin Kraft, the city’s director of planning and urban development; Jeremiah Bartlett, the city’s transportation systems engineer; Eugenia Di Girolamo, a consultant; and Markos Miller, a citizen activist who has been leading a grassroots community effort to redesign the corridor for nearly 20 years.
Let's Connect is a weekly podcast focused on how cities and towns in Greater Portland are overcoming challenges in their communities. Hosted by Kristina Egan, Executive Director of the Greater...
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Let's Connect is a weekly podcast focused on how cities and towns in Greater Portland are overcoming challenges in their communities. Hosted by Kristina Egan, Executive Director of the Greater Portland Council of Governments, the show focuses on a range of issues, including housing, transportation, climate change, and economic development.
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