PORTLAND — Join the Maine Real Estate & Development Association on June 12, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at the Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress St., Portland, for a breakfast event focusing on transportation builds development — “Growing by Streetcar.”
Not even 60 years ago, Maine had nearly 500 miles of track serving clean electric streetcars or “trolleys,” not only in Maine’s cities, but connecting to small towns and even villages. Now because of their proven economic development generating capabilities, streetcar systems are being built across North America in small and large communities alike, with 22 projects under construction or planned in the next two years alone.
Presenters at the event include Carl Eppich, a transportation planner with the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, and Dan Hodge, principal economist with HDR Decision Economics in Boston.
For more information and to register, visit www.mereda.org.
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