I’m a student-volunteer with Build Maine, and I’ve been asked to pass this along. Additional information may be obtained at http://www.build-maine.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BUILD MAINE 201-LEVEL WORKSHOP ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR ASSESSING MUNICIPAL ROI with Joe Minicozzi, Urban3 Wednesday, June 22, 2016 1:00 pm — 4:30 pm [ Bates Mill 1 ] $50 | Pre-registration required To register, visit www.build-maine.com and click on “Get Tickets” Join national thought leader Joe Minicozzi to learn about methods for making a preliminary analysis of municipal value and cost per acre or per capita, based on tax revenues and costs for delivering municipal services and maintaining municipal infrastructure, as well as the potential for this methodology to ensure that policy and regulatory decision-makers more accurately understand where a town or city gains the most from existing and potential real estate investments. The workshop will provide participants with practical tools to be able to do a preliminary analysis of municipal value and cost per acre or per capita as appropriate. A focus of the workshop will also be to provide guidance on how to present the data – how to tell the story – in a way that in accessible and persuasive. Examples from Maine communities will be used to help ground the information in the reality of our local context. Participants walk away with a strong understanding of tangible tools and methods in order to: Identify and extract the pertinent data Perform a basic/preliminary analysis Present the data understandably and effectively Join us and leave the room with the weight of newly acquired, functional tools in your professional kit. This workshop is appropriate for elected officials, town and city managers, economic development directors, planners, GIS professionals, transportation and infrastructure professionals, and state-level policy makers. Sponsored By: Merrymeeting Board of Realtors Ken Gross Cartographic and Mapping Consultant 207.320.5318 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> visit Rustbelt.com <http://www.rustbelt.com/> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kengross> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list Maine GeoNews (GEOLIBRARY-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all Maine GIS Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove your name and email address yourself at the this web address: http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1 Or,you may also request that your name be removed by sending email to: [log in to unmask]