I love this design and I love the canopy, it feels very Maine to me and I wouldn't change a thing. And even if I did not love this design exactly, it is undeniable that this would put Portland on the map beyond New England in a way it hasn't been in decades. For me, it's better to have a design...
I am a grad student with parking access to the lot next to the current economics building (Littauer) and have just been notified that the adjacent parking lot will be permanently closed due to a significant construction project beginning in Fall 2024 with utility work scheduled to start in...
The reason not to do this is because then the quality of talent at those agencies and the ability to staff them at all would decrease dramatically. I worked for a long time in agriculture policy in DC, and when a chunk of USDA was moved to Kansas City they lost a lot of their most experienced...