Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 9 am - 3 p.m. (8:30 am coffee and registration)
Lincolnville Center, Community Hall, 18 Searsmont Road, Lincolnville Center

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 9 am - 3 p.m. (8:30 am coffee and registration)
Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast.

Registration is now closed
Update September 22, 2011 - We are sorry, but interest has been so great that the workshops are full.
Thank you to all who are participating. If you have not yet registered and would like to be placed on a waiting list, please call 207-236-1077 and leave a voice mail - please specify which workshop you wish to attend.

Join this two day, hands-on workshop in the small village of Lincolnville Center and Belfast, Maine, a larger traditional New England downtown.

Why do so many planning initiatives fail? How do we move from understanding that "place is important" to implementing policy changes that build strong, vibrant communities?

Join Friends of Midcoast Maine, the Orton Family Foundation, The Project for Public Spaces and DreherDesign in this innovative, cutting edge workshop that looks at the combination of place-making, code development, public engagement and new partnerships to set the stage for policy changes and building better communities.  A diverse menu of new tools for public engagement, place-making and policy changes including form based codes will be presented and developed with workshop participants.

This workshop is a hand-on dynamic workshop that includes walking and outdoor field exercises. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and appropriate outdoor wear. Lunch is included. Free.

Designed for planners, lay persons, downtown businesses and downtown organizations, chambers of commerce representatives, developers, property owners, realtors, planning students, designers, landscapers, historic preservationists and many others.

Sponsored by Friends of Midcoast Maine and the Orton Family Foundation

Directions:

Lincolnville Community Building, 18 Searsmont Road, Lincolnville Center

Take Route 52 from Camden or Belfast, or 173 from Lincolnville Beach. Route 52 intersects with Route 173 in Lincolnville Center. As you come into Lincolnville Center, drive north on 173 and 52 from the Center and stay on 173 north toward Searsmont (turn right if coming from Belfast). Just after Route 52 diverges from 173, you will see the UCC church & community building on your left, right across the street from the Lincolnville Telephone Company.

Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast.

From the south, take Route 1 north to Belfast. Turn off Route one (hospital exit) onto Northport Avenue, which becomes High Street. Library is 1.4 miles on left.