MEREDA Meeting Documents
From educational seminars on topics like green building and design, innovative financing, and environmental regulations, to purely social events like our networking receptions, MEREDA members come together throughout the year to learn from each other, build relationships and share information.
For transcripts and media, click on any of the green links.
2019 Forecast Conference – January 17. 2019
- Overview of MEREDA’s Legislative Agenda – Andrea Cianchette Maker
- 2019 Economic Overview – Leslie Preston
- Maine’s Vacation/Hospitality Forecast – Steve Hewins
- Multi-Family Forecast for Southern Maine – Brit Vitalius
- Single-Family Forecast for Southern Maine – Dava Davin
- Central & Coastal Maine Forecast – Kevin Fletcher
- Bangor Area Market Forecast – Bev Uhlenhake
- Southern Maine Retail Forecast – Karen Rich
- Southern Maine Office Forecast – Nate Stevens
- Southern Maine Industrial Forecast – Justin Lamontage
2018 Annual Spring Conference – “Workforce Challenges: How Innovation Can Help” – May 16, 2018
- Keynote Presentation – John Dorrer
- Presentation By Ellen Belknap, SMRT Architects Engineers – Ellen Belknap
- Bridging Craftmanship with Innovation – Dave Thomas
- Converting Rigid Pipelines to Mix & Match Training – Ron Cantor
2018 Annual Forecast Conference & Member Showcase – January 18, 2018
- Southern Maine Office Forecast – Nate Stevens
- Southern Maine Retail Forecast – Karen Rich
- Southern Maine Residential Forecast: Single-Family – Dava Davin
- Southern Maine Residential Forecast: Multi-Family – Brit Vitalius
- Maine’s Vacation / Hospitality Forecast – Steve Hewins
- Economic Overview – James Marple
- Bangor-Area Market Forecast – Bev Uhlenhake
- Bath, Brunswick, Topsham Forecast – Steve Levesque
- Central Maine (Lewiston / Auburn / Augusta) Market Forecast – Kevin Fletcher
- Southern Maine Industrial Forecast – Justin Lamontagne
MEREDA’s 2017 Annual Spring Conference: ‘YIMBY’ism: YES in my Backyard – Why Development is Good – May 18, 2017
- Keynote Presentation – YIMBYism – Yes In My Back Yard – Jesse Kanson-Benanav
- 58 Fore Street – Master Plan – James Brady
- YIMBY: Yes in My Backyard on the Small Scale “Because I can also build in my backyard” – Jeff Levine
- NIMBYISM TO YIMBYISM: Upfront consensus transforms opposition into community support – Patrick Venne