Long Island Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee (LICP IC)
Purpose Statement
The purpose of the committee is to represent the community’s interests in advocating for and facilitating the implementation of the 2022 Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan.
The committee will work to ensure the outcomes reflect the vision and values crafted by the community. This will be accomplished by working across the community to recruit and activate sponsors to move forward with short, medium, and long-term recommendations from the Comprehensive Plan and reporting progress to the community.
The Select Board will be accountable for enabling the committee to work across the town’s boards, committees, and citizens to carry forward the recommendations from the 2022 Comprehensive plan making best use of expertise on the island and everywhere.
Links to our work
The comprehensive plan unanimously approved by voters at the May 2022 town meeting serves as a guide for the town though 2035.
2022 Long Island Comprehensive Plan
2022 Long Island Comprehensive Plan Implementation Matrix
2021-2022 Comprehensive Plan Community Engagement
Committee Members
Current: Janice Avignon, Cyrus Hagge, Linda Ferguson-McCann, Beth Marchak, Jane Oldfield-Spearman, Becky Steele
Past: Melanie Nash (Island Institute Fellow), Rose Barter, Karen Boss, Emma Morgan (Americorps Fellow)
Management system
The committee meets monthly and is working with other groups, sub-committees with other citizens on actions; reports out to Select Board and community with additional communications pushed out through town and community channels as needed.
Projects
The LICP IC is charged with driving actions forward by partnering with town organizations, committees and citizens. The top priorities reflect community engagement during the comprehensive plan process and include: water supply preservation, natural resource preservation, climate resilience, town infrastructure, town management, and wellness/recreation. A number of projects have been completed in 2022-2023 and are currently underway in 2024.
Jan. 31, 2025
Resilience Fellow
Bryan grew up just south of the Adirondack Park in upstate New York and his interest in natural resource conservation developed as he volunteered and recreated throughout New York’s northern forests. He received a BS from Cornell University with a concentration on Natural Resource Management and Policy. Water resources—as an avenue to ecological and economic resilience—were a throughline across his undergraduate positions in ESG consulting and regenerative agriculture. After graduation, he worked with an environmental advocacy organization conducting research on best management practices for water quality in forestry. He is an avid fisherman, canoe camper, and backpacker, and looks forward to exploring Maine’s unique outdoor spaces.
This page was updated Jan. 31, 2025