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MEREDA’s Strikes for Scholars Bowl-a-Thon a Huge Success!

05/06/2013

On May 2nd, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) hosted its first annual “Strikes for Scholars” Bowl-a-Thon Fundraising Event at Bayside Bowl in Portland and raised over $10,000! All proceeds will fund scholarships for Maine students pursuing studies in architecture, construction, or engineering through the ACE Mentor Program.



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The Maine Drain: Stormwater Management Strategies and Solutions

05/06/2013

 

     

 

Following on a successful and informative breakfast on the topic last year, MEREDA and the Portland Regional Chamber are teaming up with E2Tech on a stormwater forum featuring public works, engineering, regulatory and legal leaders engaged in planning for and funding stormwater plans and implementation. Experts from Maine's 3 largest cities - Portland, Lewiston and Bangor - will join the Department of Environmental Protection, Woodard & Curran, Pierce Atwood and Perkins Thompson to discuss critical approaches, next steps and options for sound and effective stormwater management.

 

 

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  Maine Real Estate & Development Association to Welcome National Retrofitting Expert to May 22 Conference in Portland  
 
 
National expert to be joined by local panel for event entitled “The Retrofitting Movement: Repositioning Underutilized Commercial Real Estate

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA) will host a conversation around the cutting-edge concept of retrofitting and creative re-use planning at their annual spring conference, scheduled for May 22 in Portland. MEREDA will welcome to Maine a leading expert on the topic of retrofitting, Ellen Dunham-Jones, and will host a panel of local experts. Additionally, MEREDA will recognize the six most noteworthy and significant Maine commercial development projects from the previous year at the conference.

Dunham-Jones is a leading authority on suburban redevelopment.  She has been featured in The New York TimesHarvard Business ReviewHarvard Design Magazine, Urban Land, Planning, Architectural Record, TEDx and other venues. Co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia, Dunham-Jones will share case studies of underperforming asphalt properties that have been redesigned and redeveloped into vital centers of community. Her presentation will focus on adaptive reuse of vacant buildings, environmental repair, revising zoning codes and public works standards and providing easements for future connectivity and adaptability.



 
     
 

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