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Greater Portland

City Arborist, Portland Parks and Recreation, 17 Arbor Street, Portland, ME, 207-756-8388.

Greater Portland Landmarks, Education Coordinator, 165 State Street, Portland, ME, 04101, 207-774-5561.

KIDS Consortium, Program Manager, 45 Bridgton Rd., Westbrook, ME, 04092, 207-878-6270

Kids and Transportation, Coordinator, Greater Portland Council of Governments, 233 Oxford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, 207-774-9891.

Maine Audubon Society, Education Coordinator, Gilsland Farm, P.O. Box 6009, 118 U.S. Route One, Falmouth, ME, 04105, 207-781-6180 x213.

Maine Coast Heritage Trust, 169 Park Row, Brunswick, ME, 04011, 207-729-7366.

Maine Conservation Corps, #124 State House Station, Augusta, ME, 04333-0124, 207-287-4931.

METRO, Director of Marketing, 114 Valley Street, P.O. Box 1097, Portland, ME, 04104, 207-774-0351.

National Park Service, 14 Maine Street, Suite 210E, Brunswick, ME, 0411, 207-725-4934.

Portland Museum of Art, Outreach Coordinator, 7 Congress Square Plaza, Portland, ME, 04101, 207-775-6148.

Portland Trails, Education Coordinator, One India Street, Portland, ME, 04101, 207-775-2411, www.trails.org.

Maine and the Northeast

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Appalachian Mountain Club, Five Joy Street, Boston, MA, 02108, 617-523-0655.

Project Wild, Coordinator, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, State House Station 41, Augusta, ME, 04333, 207-287-3303.

Soil Conservation Services, 381 Maine Street, Gorham, ME, 04038, 207- 839-7842.

State of Maine Department of Education, Regional Education Services Representative Cumberland Region, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME, 04333, 207-287-5985.

Teach Maine, Coordinator, Wolfe's Neck Farm, 10 Burnett Rd, Freeport, ME, 04032, 207-865-4469.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Education Coordinator, 133 Western Avenue, Auburn, ME, 04210, 207-786-0376, www.umext.maine.edu.

Maps can be found close at hand at the:
* Department of City Planning, City of Portland
* Greater Council of Governments
* Portland Public Library Map Room
* Maine Historical Society Library
Local Organizations
Portland Trails
Greater Portland Landmarks (GPL)
Greater Portland Council of Governments

Trails Organizations
Falmouth Trails
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust (CELT)
Gorham Trails
East Coast Greenway
Eastern Trail Alliance

Architectural Resources
Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE)
Greater Portland Landmarks (GPL)

Architects
Turk Tracey & Larry, Architects

Land Surveyor
Bob Greenlaw

Landscape Architects
Maine Olmsted Alliance
Mohr & Seredin
Terrence Dewan & Associates
Chris DiMatteo (L.A. for City of Portland)
Regina Leonard

Urban Planners
Chad Braswell
Lynne Seeley?
Riveredge Nature Center’s Land Use Planning EducationProject (Wisconsin)
Maine State Planning Office
Portland Planning Office
American Planning Association (APA) www.planning.org (kids and community ed)

Transportation
METRO
Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG)
Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT)
RIDESHARE

Bicycles
Bicycle Coalition of Maine
Alliance for Transportation Choice
MDOT - John Balicki

City of Portland
Parks and Recreation Department
Planning Department - Larry Mead, Rick Knowland, Sarah Hopkins,
Department of Public Works
Tax Assessor’s Office - City Hall -(Tax Maps)

Parks Organizations
Friends of Riverton Trolley Park
Maine Olmsted Alliance
Friends of Evergreen Cemetery
Friends of Western Cemetery (dog owners)

Service-Learning Organizations
Learning in Deed - State effort to integrate SL into all Maine Schools (possible $ source)
KIDS Consortium ($, Support)
www.kidsconsortium.org

Foundations & Funding Sources
The Dunn Foundation (curriculum, support)
Project SEED
Portland Partnership

Historic Preservation Organizations
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Maine Preservation www.mainepreservation.org

Public Art
Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance (PACA)
Portland Museum of Art (PMA) www.portlandmuseum.org
Maine College of Art (MeCA)
Spiral Arts

Educational Support
Portland Partnership - Partnership Developers in schools

Muskie School at USM
Masters Program in Community Planning and Development

Mapping
Delorme Mapping, Yarmouth
GPCOG
USGS Topo Maps (LL Bean has)

Other
Cooper-Hewittt Museum
Nell Daniels (212) 849-8390

Portland Room @ Portland Public Library
Osher Map Room at USM Glickman Library

Maine Council for Economic Education
Bob Mitchell, president at USM

National Geographic Society
Lots of free materials on website.
KIDS Consortium Model (source: KIDS Consortium website)

Elwell, Edward H. Portland and Vicinity, Published in 1876 and enlarged in 1881. Reprinted by Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc., 1975.

Historic Resources Design Manual: A Component of the City's Historic Preservation Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan, Department of Planning and Urban Development of the City of Portland and Greater Landmarks, Inc., June 1990. Available from the City of Portland Department of Planning, 207- 874-8721.

Patricia McGraw Anderson and Josephine H. Detmer. Portland, Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc. 1972.

Portland: a Collection of 19th Century Engravings, Published by Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc., 1976.

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