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Free Fishing License Week opens Feb. 13
AUGUSTA Free Fishing License Week – Saturday, Feb. 13, to Sunday, Feb. 21 – was created to give everyone a chance to try ice fishing.
On these days, any person (except those whose license has been suspended or revoked) who registers with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife may fish without a license. All other laws and regulations apply on these days. Nonresidents and residents may participate.
Those who plan to participate in the Free Fishing License Week must register online. Ages 15 and younger do not need to register.
Masonic take-out supper planned for Feb. 20
By Gabriel Díaz Montemayor, ASLA
Social Urbanism: Reframing Spatial Design – Discourses from Latin America, a new book by Maria Bellalta, ASLA, dean of the School of Landscape Architecture at the Boston Architectural College, is a welcome addition to the growing number of publications on the social justice-oriented form of urbanism, architecture, and public space emanating from Medellín and Colombia. The achievements of social urbanism have rightfully become synonymous with Medellín in the world of landscape architecture, urban planning and design, and architecture.
So what is social urbanism? Is it a top-down and bottom-up planning, design, and implementation process for improving the quality of life of low-income and disenfranchised communities? Appropriately, there is no single definition in the book. There are various takes, which range from comparisons to Jaime Lerner’s strategy of urban acupuncture, integrated community approaches (engagement and participation), and pr
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Display of books at Indigo Arts Alliance’s Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival. (Photo by Sijie Yuan/MaineCF)
Grants of up to $10,000 from Maine Community Foundation’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Fund are available to nonprofit programs or organizations that are led by, and serve, people of Native American, Latino, African, Arab, and Asian descent.
Grants focus on three areas: addressing health disparities, supporting youth, and improving economic opportunities.
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2021. The application, details of the grant program, and a list of recent grants are available at www.mainecf.org.
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