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Grow Smart Board of Directors
Michael F. Ryan
Chairman of the Board
Susan Arnold
William Baldwin
S. James Busam
Joseph Caffey
Robert L. Carothers
Arnold Chace
Jen Cookke
Trudy Coxe
Peter Damon
Louise Durfee
Stephen J. Farrell
Thomas E. Freeman
J. Joseph Garrahy
John R. Gowell, Jr.
Stephen Hamblett
Robert Harding
Michael S. Hudner
Stanley J. Kanter
Howard M. Kilguss
Thomas A. Lawson
Dennis Langley
James Leach
Frederick Lippitt
Roger Mandle
Rev. James C. Miller
Thomas V. Moses
George Nee
B. Michael Rauh, Jr.
Gary Sasse
Richard Schartner
Deming Sherman
Merrill Sherman
Curt Spalding
James F. Twaddell
Ranne Warner
Sandra Whitehouse
Frederick C. Williamson
W. Edward Wood
Board Listing with
Affilliation
Staff
Scott Wolf Executive Director
Sheila Brush
Director of Programs
John Flaherty
Director of Research & Communications
Lynn Burns
Office Manager / Executive Assistant
Dorothy Dauray
Office Assistant
Linsey Cameron
Research Assistant
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Smart GrowthToolbox Topics
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Dear John,
You're among the 2,063 opinion leaders,
state & local officials, development professionals,
journalists and visionary citizens getting the latest
news, happenings and trends in the smart growth
movement from Grow Smart
Rhode Island.
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| Grow Smart Releases Candidates' Briefing Book |
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Grow Smart this week mailed more than 500 copies of
a smart growth issues briefing book to candidates for
General Assembly and municipal offices. The book
contains over 50 policy recommendations that aim to
protect Rhode Island's unique character while
providing a brighter economic future for generations
to come.
Entitled "A Strategy for Saving Rhode Island From Sprawl and
Urban Decay", the book is comprised
of twelve issue briefs plus a guide to local policy
reforms for achieving smart growth. It is a
non-partisan effort to influence the thinking and
platforms of candidates for public office while also
increasing awareness among citizens about Rhode
Island's critical growth and economic challenges.
Among the topics are:
Economic
Development
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| Grow Smart Open House set for Thursday, October 21 |
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Grow Smart is celebrating its recent move by hosting
an open house on Thursday, October 21st (4:30p -
6:30p). Friends and visitors are welcome to stop in
for refreshments and good conversation. Feel free to
bring a guest.
Visitor parking is available in the lot adjacent to our
building at 235 Promenade Street in the Foundry.
Grow Smart is located in suite 550.
Please R.S.V.P. by "replying" to this email, or call
Dorothy Dauray at 273-5711, Extension 7.
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| Open Space, Recreation & Clean Water advocates kick off campaign for bond |
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Advocates for Bond Question #8 will rally at Colt
State Park in Bristol on Thursday, October 21st at
10:00 am. Grow Smart Executive Director Scott
Wolf will serve as Master of Ceremonies and will
discuss the results of a recent poll.
Former Governor J. Joseph Garrahy and Mrs.
Virginia Chafee, Co-Chairs of the Open
Space, Recreation, Bay and Watershed Protection
Bond Campaign Steering Committee will speak about
the importance of this bond question.
The presentation will take place near the Picnic
Shelter in the Bristol Municipal Park section of Colt
State Park. The park is located off Route 114 in
Bristol.
Read a description of the Bond (pdf)
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| Over 100 historic sites open FREE this Sunday |
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More than 100 museums, cultural art centers and
historic sites throughout Rhode Island will open their
doors for free this Sunday, October 24th as
part of a statewide "Save Our Heritage" promotion.
The purpose of the Statewide Open House is to
showcase Rhode Island's remarkable historic places
and to inform voters about historic preservation bond
issues on the November ballot. Click
HERE for a list of participating sites by city and
town.
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| Welcome new Yellow Pages listers |
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NBC 10 - WJAR
Land Use Atty. Christine
Engustian
Sovereign Bank
Green Concepts, Inc.
Landscaping
Trion Communications
Alliance Environmental Group, Inc.
Ransom Environmental
Consultants
Check out the Yellow Pages
The fee for a one-year listing is $175, and
the online process can be completed in as little as 3
minutes. Registrants can pay by check or pay
instantly online through Paypal, a secure internet
payment service. Click
HERE to learn more.
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| August/September Community Housing Workshops Follow-Up |
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The Model Affordable Housing Plan (pdf) and the
Planning Guidance memo (pdf) presented at
the August 24th, 25th, and September 1st workshops
are now available on the Rhode Island Statewide
Planning Program website.
All power point presentations, handout materials and
answers to questions turned in at the workshops will
be available shortly on the RI Housing website at the
Research, Reports and Links Page.
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Wednesday, October 20 (5:30p-7:30p)
Featured Panelist:
Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture &
Urbanism, and American Studies, Yale University;
author of Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban
Growth, 1820-2000 and A Field Guide to
Sprawl.
Sponsored by the RI Council for the
Humanities
Providence, RI
Thursday, October 21
EFNE provides a unique "place and space"
environment for a vibrant community of
Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Business practitioners.
Through a combination of highly focused events and
Guild membership, entrepreneurs connect, interact,
and share successes among their peers.
Providence, RI
Friday, October 29 (8:30a - 12:30p)
This is an outstanding opportunity for land
trusts to educate key landowners in your community
about the tax and estate benefits that land
protection can provide to them and their families.
This workshop, part of the National Land Trust Rally
being held in Providence, is free due to the generous
support from the Champlin
Foundations. Providence, RI
Friday, November 12
EPA is accepting proposals for brownfields
assessment, revolving loan fund and cleanup grants.
These grants are part of the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act to help
states and communities around the country clean up
and revitalize Brownfield sites.
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