Thanks to everyone who Joined us for Build Maine 2024 in Skowhegan!
featuring nationally-renowned
speakers and dynamic workshops 

Build Maine brings together all people participating in the act of building our towns and cities. The builders, funders, elected officials, engineers, lawyers, planners, finance institutions, and rule-makers converge throughout the year to share best practices and aspirations for moving Maine forward within the political and economic climates of today.  

Build Maine introduces cutting edge business practices and focused conversations with leaders in transportation planning, real estate development, and public service, demonstrating a breadth of knowledge we can apply locally.

Build Maine offers its diverse and engaging content to Mainers through a highly active social media presence, enriching workshops and events throughout the year, and, of course, the culminating experience - the annual Build Maine Conference.

Not from Maine? Living elsewhere? All are welcome at Build Maine events.

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Build Maine is co-hosted by the Maine Downtown Center, the Maine Municipal Association (MMA), and the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA).

We hope you will join the conversation!

Join the State wide policy CONVERSATION!

GrowSmart and Build Maine invite you to join in launching of Policy Action 2025, a collaborative, open source process to craft legislative policy, open to all! Sign up for our mailing list at the bottom of this page for ongoing updates and opportunities to get involved.

How did it all start? Build Maine and GrowSmart Maine joined forces to shape state-level policy as part of an open and dynamic process involving over a hundred people from across the State. Policy Action began in Spring 2022 and then again in Spring 2024 with a series of brainstorming sessions about ways to help support municipal work and direct development to the right places. Both of these brainstorming efforts lead to working groups that advanced bills.

Currently Policy Action 2025 has seven working groups , each pulling together specific policy proposals that will be submitted in December 2024. Bills are expected to focus on solving a range of issues related to building stronger places, getting more housing built in the right place, making streets safer for everyone, protecting our working lands and open spaces, and helping our towns remain financially resilient.

You can find an overview of the proposals from Policy Action 2025 at the link below.

Interested in sponsoring this year’s Build Maine Conference or want to get involved with year-round operations? Please visit the sponsor page or email us at connect@build-maine.com and we will be in touch!

Interested in learning more about municipal sponsorship from other Maine cities and towns? Check out our write up in Maine Town & City, the Magazine of the Maine Municipal Association!