Education
Local Schools Regional Support Brochure (PDF 837KB)
Maine Department of Education School Administrative Reorganization Website
Maine Municipal Association School Reorganization and Consolidation Clearinghouse Website
A Case for Cooperation: Making Connections to Improve Education for All Maine Students, Maine Children’s Alliance website, August 2006
Quality of Place
"Place and Prosperity", Prepared by the State Planning Office for the Governor’s Council on Maine’s Quality of Place June 2007 (PDF 180KB)
People, Place, and Prosperity: 1st Report of The Governor's Council on Maine's Quality of Place, December 2007(PDF 811KB)
Quality of Place and Job Growth: A New and Needed Maine Investment Strategy, Second Report of the Governor’s Council on Maine’s Quality of Place, May 6, 2008 (PDF 387KB)
Regionalism
Municipal Restructuring in Québec: Some Lessons for Maine, by David Whiry, Maine Policy Review, Fall 2006 (PDF 1.22MB)
Maine Center for Economic Policy article, Regional Councils Should Take the Lead by Kenneth Young, February 2005 (PDF 41KB)
Regionalism, New England Style, by Evan D. Richert, Maine Center for Economic Policy, June 2003 (PDF 38KB)
Regional Efficiency Grants
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services 2009 Annual Report, Prepared by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government, November 2009 (PDF 263 KB)
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services 2008 Annual Report, Prepared by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government and the Intergovernmental Advisory Commission, October 2008 (PDF 202 KB)
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services 2007 Annual Report, Prepared by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government and the Intergovernmental Advisory Commission, October 2007 (PDF 123 KB)
Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services, Final Report Prepared by the Maine Development Foundation and submitted to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, the report details the state’s investment in 26 pilot collaborative projects implemented during 2005-2007. October 2007 (PDF 992KB)
Other States
Report of New York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness: 21st Century Local Government, April 2008
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