{"id":2606,"date":"2023-03-15T06:11:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T10:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/?page_id=2606"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:19:51","slug":"upcoming-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/upcoming-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/upcoming-events\/are-downtown-businesses-more-vulnerable-to-extreme-heat\/\">Are Downtown Businesses More Vulnerable to Extreme Heat?<\/a><br><\/strong><em>Friday, April 24, 2026<\/em><br>Dr. Andrew J. Van Leuven (University of Vermont)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/maine-agritourism-2024\/\"><strong>Agritourism in Maine: Insights from the 2024 National Agritourism Producer Survey<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;\u2014<em>Wednesday, May 14, 2025<\/em><br>Jason Entsminger (University of Maine) and Claudia Schmidt (Penn State) present insights from the 2024 National Agritourism Producer Survey, focusing on Maine&#8217;s unique agritourism landscape. They examine key challenges such as regulatory and resource barriers, while also identifying opportunities to strengthen the state\u2019s agritourism support system and destination development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/upcoming-events\/westgren-seminar\/\"><strong>Identity and Identification in Rural Collective Entrepreneurship<\/strong><\/a><br><em>Thursday, April 6, 2023<\/em><br>Dr. Randall Westgren will discuss findings from a series of research and outreach projects on collectives in the agritourism sector &#8211; particularly wineries that comprise wine trails.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past Events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2606","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"mthomas","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/author\/mthomas\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2969,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2606\/revisions\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}