Jane Lafleur, Executive Director, Friends of Midcoast Maine speaks at West Bay Rotary

Fri, 11/21/2014 - 8:00pm

At the November 20, 2014 meeting of West Bay Rotary, Terry Bregy introduced Past President Jane Lafleur. She grew up in Lewiston, and got her graduate degree in planning from Harvard University. She talked about the work of FMM, making communities more walkable and safe and improving economic sustainability. Some particular projects have included Damariscotta, Gardiner, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Lincolnville Center, and Rockland. The Community Institute is a new dimension of FMM. Creating places that have many activity options and comfortable outdoor spaces for people to spend time are much of their focus, as well as traffic issues that impair good and healthy, safe community activity. She shared the format for the “heart and soul” planning process that has been used in places like Damariscotta and Gardiner. In Rockland, over the past 18 months, FMM worked on a new vision of the Route 1 strip from Maverick Street in Rockland north to Glen Cove. You can access reports at www.friendsmidcoast.org.