Muskie in the News
2004
August 4, 2004
Research on the creative economy conducted by a research
team at the Muskie School is highlighted in a Bangor Daily News article, "Study
finds creative economy growing in Maine." Professor Richard Barringer,
principal investigator in this study, is quoted as saying: "There
is no single, accepted definition of the creative economy, the creative
workforce, or creative industries. What we were asked to do was begin to
build a methodology that cuts across jurisdictions and states."
August 17, 2004
A new program offering post-secondary education to students
with developmental disabilities was featured in a front page story by the
Portland Press Herald. It is reported that the Muskie School will conduct
the evaluation of this program.
September 14, 2004
An editorial in the Bangor Daily News highlighted
Changing Maine: 1960-2010, a book edited by
Professor Richard Barringer
that features essays by 22 state policy experts including five from the
Muskie School - Professors Dahlia Lynn,
Elizabeth Kilbreth,
Mark Lapping,
Evan Richert and
Charlie Colgan.
October 4, 2004
The Bangor Daily News featured Professor Charlie Colgan
in an article on Maine's population growth since 1998 and its impact
on sprawl. Colgan explains that economic growth inevitability leads to sprawl
and that planning is essential. "We can do it ugly," Colgan
said, "or we can do it, if not pretty, at least acceptable."
November 2, 2004
Karen Young, director of the
Casco Bay Estuary Project
housed at the Muskie School, discussed with the Portland Press Herald plans
for a $25,000 grant awarded to the project for an inventory of potential
habitat-restoration sites on the Presumpscot River.
November 17, 2004
Professor Charlie Colgan was cited in a Portland Press
Herald article, "Portland Ranks High in Job Vitality." Colgan
discussed reasons why Portland, Maine fared well in a recent analysis of
the country's top 200 cities nationwide in terms of business creation
and job sustainability. Portland ranked 14th. The analysis is available
from the Milken Institute at http://bestcities.milkeninstitute.org.
December 10, 2004
In an article appearing in both the Bangor Daily News and Seacoastonline, Professor
Richard Barringer discussed the challenges
facing Maine's natural resource based industries, which have been on the decline since the mid-1990s.
