This report concludes that for all of its challenges the state of Maine stands within reach of a new prosperity—if it takes bold action and focuses its limited resources on a few critical investments. In that vein, the study assesses the economic and development circumstances of the northernmost New England state and offers a fiscally defensible action plan for ushering in an era of sustainable, high-quality growth. Central to the plan is an argument that the state must invest in what matters—the state’s outstanding quality of place and most promising industrial clusters—and do that by streamlining government in order to free up the necessary resources.
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Background Papers:
The Maine Economy
Thirty Years of Economic Development in Maine
The Cost of Local Control: School Capital Investment and the Need for Regional Approaches
Maine’s State- and Local-Government Payroll and Expenditure
A Profile of the Maine State and Local Tax System
A Brief Commentary on the Property Tax in Maine
Exporting State and Local Taxes
State of Maine Selected Service Center Development Capacity Analyses
