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Paul Peck
Updated: January 21, 2022
MEREDA cites four Mainers for contributions to development and policy initiatives
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Significant contributions such as public policy counsel and improvements to economic development were recognized last week by the Maine Real Estate and Development Association.
By Staff
At its annual Forecast Conference held Jan. 20, the Maine Real Estate and Development Association recognized four individuals for significant and lasting contributions to real estate development in Maine.
Paul Peck was selected for this year’s Robert B. Patterson Jr. Founder’s Award, for his commitment and dedication to MEREDA over the years, according to a news release.
A member of the board of directors since 2010, he served as volunteer president from 2016-18, and before that co-chaired MEREDA’s conference committee. His contributions were recognized in 2012 when he received MEREDA’s President’s Award. He serves on MEREDA’s executive and public policy committees.
Peck is founder of LWS Development LLC, which has developed housing, assisted living and resort communities. Since 1992, he has also practiced law at Drummond & Drummond, with a concentration on real estate law, business law and creditors’ rights.
The President’s Award, given in recognition of someone who has made significant contributions on MEREDA’s behalf, went to Andrea Cianchette Maker, for her role as public policy counsel.
For the past 10 years, she has guided the public policy and local issues committee, serving as public policy counsel and a key advisor to the executive committee and the board. In that time, she helped elevate MEREDA’s public profile as the state’s trade association for commercial real estate and development.
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Andrea Cianchette Maker.
She has helped build up and provide guidance to MEREDA’s advocacy and engagement approach, helping ensure a more fair, practical and predictable landscape for commercial development. In particular, her work assisting the public policy committee to determine its position or level of engagement on specific bills has helps maximize MEREDA’s resources and impact.
The Public Policy Award, presented to an individual whose efforts have made a significant impact on public policy changes that benefit responsible real estate development and ownership, went to state Rep. Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. Of particular importance to MEREDA has been his steadfast efforts to increase affordable housing and improve the economic development landscape in Maine.
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Ryan Fecteau.
In 2020, he worked to enact a state low-income housing tax credit, a longtime goal of affordable housing advocates. Modeled off the federal low-income housing tax credit, the state credit has been impactful to the development and construction of dozens of affordable housing units. He worked this past session to establish a Commission to Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions. The Volunteer of the Year Award, awarded to those who share their time, talents and energy, went to Craig Young.
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Craig Young
He joined the board in 2015 and serves on the executive committee as vice president, and as co-chair of the conference committee. He is a partner and senior broker at the Boulos Co., a commercial real estate firm in Maine and New Hampshire.
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