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Climate and Clean Energy Policy in Maine
with Josh Caldwell
IN PERSON AT AUBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ZOOM
Everyone who registers will receive a link to ZOOM in their email on the morning of the class, and may attend either in-person or by ZOOM
This presentation will focus on the climate and clean energy advocacy of The Natural Resources Council of Maine, the state’s leading nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to protecting, restoring, and conserving Maine’s environment, now and for future generations. Since 1959, NRCM has harnessed the power of the law, science, and the voices of nearly 20,000 supporters statewide and beyond to protect the places and way of life that make Maine so special.
Josh Caldwell works to build coalitions that can effectively implement policy by pushing our state and federal legislators to act on climate and clean energy initiatives. For the past six years, he has been engaged in environmental and political organizing in Maine, forging new connections and deepening his knowledge of an incredible state.
Planning for Your Community’s Future
with John Cleveland
IN PERSON AT AUBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ZOOM
Everyone who registers will receive a link to ZOOM in their email on the morning of the class, and may attend either in-person or by ZOOM.
How to get from where your community is to where you want it to be. The City of Auburn is in the process of completing a Comprehensive Plan to guide the City’s development for the next ten years. This class will discuss what comprehensive municipal planning is and why it is important to the future of a community and its citizens, how the public can participate in the planning process, and the legal importance of a comprehensive plan. Good planning is an essential tool for creating a vision for the future its citizens want for their community and identifying the actions needed to achieve it. Learn how to help your community realize the future it wants.
John J Cleveland is the chairman of Auburn’s 2026 Comprehensive Planning Committee. He brings nearly 20 years of public service as a City Councilor and Mayor of Auburn, and State Senator and 38 years of professional experience as a planning and development consultant helping communities achieve their goals of improving their communities. John is a native of Lewiston-Auburn, and he and his wife Debora raised two adult sons here and have two grandchildren.