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We believe rural Mainers have a lot of valuable ideas and, when everyone cooperates, the resources to benefit from those ideas. Together, let’s harness this wealth to strengthen our rural communities for a new generation!
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2008 Partner of the Year Award
The 2008 Partner of the Year award was presented to Kennebec County Soil & Water Conservation District for its leadership in the Farm Energy Partners network. Other network leaders were presented with Partner of the Year Individual Merit Awards at our recent Annual Meeting:
- AJ Ballard, Small Business Program Auditor, Efficiency Maine
- Caragh Fitzgerald, Kennebec County Educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
- John Blais, Program Manager, Kennebec County SWCD
- Susan Gammon, Executive Director, Androscoggin Valley SWCD
- Ron Desrosiers, Coordinator, Time & Tide RC&D
- Tanya Swain, Executive Director, Western Mountains Alliance
Not present: Sue Jones, Principal, Community Energy Partners
See the press release for information about the award and this year’s recipients.
Harvesting Clean Energy
A program of our Farm Energy Partners network, Harvesting Clean Energy promotes energy conservation and renewable energy production.
Stay up to date with current energy-related news and programs from MRP and others by subscribing to Harvesting Clean Energy’s newsletter today!
Our Farm Energy Field Guide is now available online!
We’ve just completed three outstanding wind energy events, but if you missed out, don’t fret. We saved the presentation slides and other resources from those events, and now they’re available here:
Thursday, October 23
Sizing Up Your Wind Opportunity (pdf) — presentation slides from Trudy Forsyth of the National Renewable Energy Lab.
Wealth From The Wind (pdf) — presentation by Dan McGuire of the American Corn Growers Association.
Wednesday, October 22
Community Wind Power for Rural Economic Development (pdf) — presentation slides from Patrick Mazza of Climate Solutions.
Community Wind is Here: Growing Wind Power Generation in Maine (pdf) — presentation by Lisa Daniels of Windustry.
Tuesday, October 21
St. John Aroostook RC&D has posted resources from the wind power conference held at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
Sustainable Economy Initiative
The Sustainable Economy Initiative (SEI) has released Economic Resurgence in the Northern Forest — the first-ever four-state strategy for sustainable economic development in the northern reaches of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York. MRP provided support for this collaborative two-year project.
Learn more about the participants or download a copy of the report at the Sustainable Economy Initiative’s website.