The LifeStyle Approach To Economic Development Makes An Environmentally Sustainable Paradigm

The Happy Face, a one of a kind painting by Brenda Andersen in the 1950s on mug by WestonAndersen produced in a categorically new type of production- the production as an art form located on Southport Island Maine, the home of original Andersen Design, Image by Mackenzie Andersen

I find support for home businesses in unexpected places

I have been trying to read the Camoin Report- a development plan for the Boothbay Peninsula in Maine.

A local public-private group calling itself the Joint Economic Community Development council for Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor (JECD) spent 79000.00 of taxpayers’ money to hire New York consultants to prepare a plan for our community.

My initial reaction was that a remote consultant firm cannot create as relevant a development plan as someone who knows the community well, but in all fairness, the report does a decent job of representing all views in the community, more so than we usually get from our community leaders. That scores a point for using remote co…