Governors Council Recommendations | Environmental Funders Network

Governer’s Council on Maine’s Quality of Place Recommendations

Recognize and support private landowner’s crucial role in protecting Maine’s quality of place
Recognize, incentivize, and reward regional landscape conservation
Recognize and act upon the historic changes faced by LURC
Align the State’s basic land use statutes with quality of place

A local-regional approach to development: use a locally-driven, broadly participatory structure to identify key assets and to design and implement strategies to preserve and promote these assets
State incentives and support: establish a state grant program to assist with the preparation of regional asset-based development strategies
State coordination: establish a permanent state-level Maine Quality of Place Council
Implementation funding: provide reliable funding to implement regional and statewide asset-based development strategies
State support: organize state programs and agencies to incentivize and support bottom-up, asset-based development efforts
Workforce Development: align Maine’s workforce development system and programs with Quality of Place opportunities

Read more about the Governor’s Council here.