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Premiere of troop greeter film a hit
BDN 4/10/09
...The movie, filmed over a four-year period beginning in December 2004, has been shown and widely praised at film festivals across the country. On Thursday, the final version of the film was unveiled for the first time to a Maine audience of invited guests at the University of Maine’s Collins Center...
...The movie has touched audiences and critics at various film festivals, scoring a Special Jury Award at the prestigious South by Southwest Film Festival last month in Austin, Texas. It also beat out 28 films at the Cleveland Film Festival to take the Greg Gund Memorial Film Competition, which recognizes films for their social conscience...
...Asked what message he hopes people get from “The Way We Get By,” Gaudet said: “I hope it inspires people to get involved in their community.”...
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Jim comment: I'm proud to be a "Mainer"
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Planning Resource
UK 4/10/09
Urban Land Institute planner Edward T McMahon tells Katie Daubney of the importance of community vision in creating places that preserve vital assets and improve quality of life.
...He has written extensively on chain stores and franchises. He relates McDonald's first dealings with historic buildings. In 1980 the company planned to tear down a classic New England courthouse in Freeport, Maine, and put up a typical suburban replacement. The town asked it to restore the building instead.
McDonald's sued and lost twice. Yet within three years a picture of its Freeport outlet in the restored courthouse appeared in its annual report as an example of good community stewardship. Nowadays, this is a model for McDonald's all over the world - but only in communities that are smart enough to reject the off-the-shelf model and demand something that fits with their town...
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As summer approaches, restaurants across the country are revising their menus for the new season. Countless restaurants market the "Maine" brand to entice customers. Here's an example from Sedona, Arizona a popular Southwestern tourist area. (Patti & I have been here ourselves)
Sedona dining, from casual to fancy
AZ Central.com
4/10/09
Sedona has more than its share of excellent restaurants. And contrary to the red-rock community's health-crazed image, it's as easy to find foie gras and French wine as vegan stir-fries and green tea...
...Fine dining ...
Gallery on Oak Creek: Views are jaw-dropping from this elegant dining room in Amara Creekside Resort. At lunch, the applewood-smoked bacon sandwich with sweet-and-sour pear tomatoes redefines the BLT. For dinner, try the butter-poached Maine lobster with seared Maine diver scallops. Much of the produce comes from the restaurant's organic gardens.
Jim: So here we are in Maine, getting nice exposure from Sedona, AZ and other locations. From a marketing perspective, this is priceless.
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 I missed this one in February. The Comfort Inn's Belfast webcam made the top 10 at EarthCam.
To show your friends across the internet what's happening in Belfast, Maine send them to the Belfast WEBCAM.
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BDN April 8, 2009
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine — Sugarloaf’s Bud Light Reggae Festival, the annual spring party that brings thousands of visitors to the mountains of Maine, returns April 16-19 with 11 different bands...
The annual springtime festival got its start at Sugarloaf in 1988 as a way to celebrate the changing of seasons and enjoy the deep snow, warm sun, and spring skiing. Since that time the festival has grown into one of the most popular spring parties in ski country, drawing 10,000 or more reggae and spring skiing fans each year.
Ski-and-stay packages are still available for Reggae Weekend starting as low as $99 per person per night and include lodging, lift ticket and access to the Sugarloaf Sports and Fitness Center.
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