Let's Connect

Are We Ready For The Future?

Host, Kristina Egan is joined by speakers from the Climatework Maine summit in Augusta.

Guests include:

Emily Wood - Program Director, CEI
Patrick Woodcock - President, Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Jack Shapiro - Clean Energy & Climate Director, Natural Resources Council of Maine
Dr Joseph Romm - Senior Research Fellow at Penn Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media
Alan Caron, Founder, Climatework Maine
Tony Shurman, CEO of Wyman's

Glenn Prickett, President and CEO of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, talks with host Andrew Zarro about environmental stewardship, fishery management and the impact of climate change on rising sea-levels and increasing storm intensity.

Jennifer Hutchins, the Executive Director of the Maine Association of Nonprofits, speaks with host Andrew Zarro about Maine’s nonprofit community.

Greg Jordan, the former Executive Director of Greater Portland METRO, talks with host Andrew Zarro about the pivotal role leadership plays in successful regional transit. Jordan also discusses his new job as Assistant City Manager at the City of Portland.

Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris talks with host Kristina Egan about finding collaborative ways to address health and wellness issues experienced by many in the region’s unsheltered community, including mental health issues and substance use disorder. Sartoris has been instrumental in convening local experts and advocates to review and enhance the support systems for our unsheltered population, especially those entangled with the criminal legal system.

Jeremiah Bartlett, Transportation Systems Engineer at the City of Portland, and Bruce Hyman, the city’s Transportation Program Manager, speak with host Andrew Zarro about the transformative transportation projects happening in the city. Those projects include the Libbytown Safety & Accessibility project, which this month won a $22.4 million federal transportation grant.

This week’s show goes on the road to Bridgton, the heart of the Lakes Region. Town Manager Robert Peabody, Jr., Select Board Chair Carmen Lone, Community Development Director Victoria Hill and Select Board Member Carrye Castleman-Ross discuss the downtown’s revitalization, efforts to address the housing shortage and the joys of living in Bridgton.

Tae Chong (Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Director of Multicultural Markets and Strategies), Quincy Hentzel (Executive Director of Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce) and Melissa Hue (Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity for the City of Portland), discuss how to help people overcome employment barriers and strengthen the region's economic resilience.

Cape Elizabeth Town Manager Matt Sturgis and Tax Assessor Clinton Swett discuss the revaluation process in Cape Elizabeth, Maine and answer common questions.

Emily Prescott, Planning Director of Saco, and Howard Carter, Director of the city’s Water Resource Recovery Department, discuss how waste water systems play a pivotal role in developing sustainable infrastructures within the community.