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As printed in the June 10, 2004 Editions of MDI Islander and Bar Harbor Times
A Progress Report to our Communities

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SHAPING OUR FUTURE

Mount Desert Island Tomorrow (MDI Tomorrow) is a citizen's forum on the future of the MDI area and its communities. It is not a formal organization, nor an advocacy group. Rather, it is a community process to identify what citizens want for the future and to suggest plans and collaborative work to bring about that "preferred future."

A similar effort was undertaken in 1987-1991, which incubated a number of successful projects including the Island Explorer bus service, Island Connections, the MDI Community Health Plan, Kid's Corner, Island Voices, a high school internship program, and Acadia Homes for Students. In 2003, we hope to launch another series of successful projects that address island-wide issues. Presently, there are six working groups, open to anyone, that meet regularly to address land use and community character, community housing, transportation, youth, community health, and economic prosperity concerns.

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Contacts, MDI Tomorrow Steering Committee:

Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Stephanie Clement, Friends of Acadia

Dustin Eirdosh, MDI High School

Heather Albert-Knopp, Healthy Acadia

Ted Koffman, College of the Atlantic and State Representative

Marty Lyons, Harbor House

Marla Stellpflug O'Byrne, Friends of Acadia

Doug Michael, Healthy Acadia

Joyce Peterson, The Jackson Laboratory

Genell Vashro, C4C+Y Americorp VISTA, Harbor House

Updated Summer 2005!
An Overview of MDI Tomorrow

Using Principles of Human Ecology to Build Local Rural Capacity – 1987 to 2006 - view report A paper presented at the Society for Human Ecology Conference, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, by Ronald E. Beard

MDI Tomorrow: Building Community Capacity
A paper by Ron Beard presented at
The Power of Place:    Rural Communities, Global Reach
The 4th International Rural Network Conference Abington, Virginia June 19-24 2005 http://irn.rupriconvene.org/program.htm
 

View the MDI Tomorrow's COMMUNITY HOUSING ACTION PLAN Prepared by the Mount Desert Community Trust and the MDI Tomorrow Housing Work Group,  with Technical Assistance from John Ryan, Consultant, Amherst, MA.

Transportation Working Group, STATE OF THE ISLAND REPORT updated 4/23/03

2003 University of Maine PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY RESULTS on Policy Choices

Y.E.S. (Youth Engaging in Society) Survey Results Posted

More information will be posted in the next several days and throughout the coming months. Meeting calendars, minutes, schedule of events, opportunities for feedback and input, discussions, and more. Please visit often and get involved in shaping MDI's future.

To contact MDI Tomorrow:
MDI Tomorrow, c/o University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 63 Boggy Brook Rd., Ellsworth, ME 04605, 207-667-8212.

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