Founded in 1969, the Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) is a voluntary organization with a distinguished history of service to the municipalities and public service agencies of the Greater Portland (Maine) region.
Announcement
Greater Portland Redesignated by the U.S. Department of Commerce as a Manufacturing Community for Food Production
Today (9/27/16), U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that Greater Portland has been redesignated as one of the nation’s 24 Manufacturing Communities. The redesignation will help Greater Portland achieve its goal of doubling the region’s food manufacturing employment in 10 years through catalytic investments in workforce, supply chain, R&D, access to capital, international trade, and infrastructure.
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Feeding the 5,000 Volunteers
On October 7, 2016, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, the Cumberland County Food Security Council, Healthy Acadia, and Natural Resources Council of Maine will co-host a Feeding the 5000 event in Monument Square in Portland. We’ll need lots of volunteers before, during, and after the event. Click here to sign up to volunteer.
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If you have municipal or regional announcements that you’d like to share on the GPCOG web site, please contact info@gpcog.org and we’ll be happy to post them.
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News
GPCOG Regional LED Streetlight Conversion Forum
October 14th from 1-3 p.m. at the South Portland Community Center
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