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Let's Connect

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Let's Connect is a weekly podcast focused on how cities and towns in Greater Portland are overcoming challenges in their communities. Hosted by Kristina Egan, Executive Director of the Greater Portland Council of Governments, the show focuses on a range of issues, including housing, transportation, climate change, and economic development.

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  1. Hannah Pingree on Her Vision for Maine 30:08
  2. Beyond Summer: Keeping Maine Tourism Strong Year-Round 29:38
  3. Casco Bay’s Algal Bloom: What Happened? What Comes Next? 29:57
  4. When an Open Shelter Bed Isn’t Enough: Understanding Homelessness in Portland 29:19
  5. Building a Transportation System that Works for Everyone 29:56
  6. Bringing AI to the Office: From Resistance to Results 29:18
  7. Beyond the Public Hearing: Hearing More Community Voices 29:57
  8. A conversation with U.S. Senate Candidate Troy Jackson 30:13
  9. Bobby Charles on His Vision for Maine 29:27
  10. Keeping Maine’s Pick-Your-Own Tradition Alive 28:25
  11. What Adults Don’t Get About Young People Today 30:01
  12. What Maine’s Mountain Lakes Are Telling Us 30:34
  13. Could Social Housing Help Portland’s Housing Crisis? 30:05
  14. Returning home to China After Four Years in America 28:06
  15. Keeping Portland Harbor Moving 29:58
  16. Letting Maine’s Rivers Run Again 28:58
  17. Freshwater Invaders: Protecting Maine’s Lakes and Rivers 30:02
  18. Can you live car-free in Greater Portland? 29:51
  19. Rick Bennett’s vision for Maine 29:05
  20. Maine’s Energy Future: Opportunities and Challenges 30:10
  21. Vision Zero in Action: How Demonstration Projects Are Making Greater Portland's Streets Safer 30:13
  22. Casco Bay Lines charts a new course with hybrid-electric Ferry 29:11
  23. Meet the candidates running for Cumberland County Commissioner 31:01
  24. Why Historic Preservation Still Matters 28:04
  25. The vanishing meadows beneath Casco Bay 30:18
  26. Tight budgets. Tough choices. 30:00
  27. Is an ADU right for you? 30:30
  28. Bridging the Digital Divide in Maine 25:01
  29. Turning Empty Buildings into Homes 29:52
  30. Can building upward reduce sprawl? 30:00
  31. Taking the lead on climate 30:04
  32. Let’s Talk Housing: What’s Happening in Greater Portland’s real estate market? 30:35
  33. The impact of recent immigration enforcement on our communities 30:19
  34. Digging into Portland Harbor’s $25 Million Investment 28:33
  35. Better Together: State + Regional Partnerships That Work 29:55
  36. Metro’s big plans for South Portland and Scarborough 29:00
  37. How Portland saved its working waterfront 28:45
  38. Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong 27:37
  39. Infrastructure: The Hidden Barrier to Housing in Greater Portland 30:39
  40. A conversation with House Speaker Ryan Fecteau 29:35
  41. Unpacking how communities prepare for winter storms 29:23
  42. Creating a home with an ADU 27:23
  43. How Maine Schools Are Going Green 29:05
  44. Keeping our unhoused neighbors safe 29:44
  45. Electrifying Maine’s Working Waterfront 30:03
  46. From beer to scallops — local industries going green 29:23
  47. Run for local office! 29:08
  48. Saco & Biddeford’s Shared Future 29:07
  49. Saving Maine’s Marshes 29:20
  50. Driving Maine forward: Andre Briere on the future of the Maine Turnpike and sustainable transportation 29:23