REPORTS

 

2008 Annual Maine Downtown Conference (please note that we will be adding presentations as we receive them from the presenters):

 

Evaluation Sheets - Download this Word document that can be emailed to lmerrill@mdf.org

 

Keynote Speech - Donovan Rypkema, PlaceEconomics

 

Marketing Your Downtown Effectively - David Milan, Town of Bucksport - 1A~Marketing Your Downtown Effectively

 

Downtown Tax Increment Financing - Daniel Stevenson, Eaton Peabody Consulting Group, LLC - 3D~Acronym Appreciation: Getting Money for Your Downtown Through TIF, CDBG, and MDOT

 

 

Brookings Institution Reports:

 

In Search of Silver Buckshot: 30-Years of Economic Development in Maine – Laurie Lachance - 9/25/06 - Background paper written for Brookings Institution's "Charting Maine's Future" report

 

Charting Maine's Future: An Action Plan for Promoting Sustainable Prosperity and Quality Places – Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program - October 2006

 

Regionalization Reports:

 

The Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services - Final Report October 2007 – Laurie Lachance - October 2007 - Final report submitted to DAFS

 

Regionalization Presentation – Laurie Lachance - 11/7/07 - Presentation for The Dating Game: Courting Regional Partnerships

 

The Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services - Interim Report August 2006 – Laurie Lachance - September 2006 - Interim report submitted to DAFS

 

Reports:

 

Measures of Growth in Focus 2008

 

Measures of Growth in Focus 2007

 

In Search of Silver Buckshot: 30-Years of Economic Development in Maine – Laurie Lachance - 9/25/06 - Background paper written for Brookings Institution's "Charting Maine's Future" report

 

Charting Maine's Future: An Action Plan for Promoting Sustainable Prosperity and Quality Places – Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program - October 2006

 

Maine's Workforce Development System: A Guide to Education and Training Programs - Fall 2006 - MDF prepared for the Governor's Workforce Cabinet in conjunction with the Maine Jobs Council

 

The Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services - Interim Report August 2006 – Laurie Lachance - September 2006 - Interim report submitted to DAFS

 

MDF's Program Evaluation Report to the Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Business & Economic Development

Committee's Findings: Findings of the Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Business & Economic Development

 

Maine’s Natural Resource-based Industries 2004 – Indicator’s of Health

 

Maine’s Investment Imperative

 

No Place to Hide – Confronting Maine’s Economic Future