{"id":1852,"date":"2013-10-24T17:18:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T17:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2013-10-24T17:18:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T17:18:58","slug":"jonathan-labonte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/jonathan-labonte\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 84: Mayor of the City of Auburn & Executive Director of the Androscoggin Land Trust Jonathan LaBonte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Show Information<\/h5>\n

Show:<\/strong>\u00a084
\nAir date:<\/strong> Saturday,\u00a0October 19
\nGuest:<\/strong>\u00a0Jonathan LaBonte
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods (Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould (Sharky)
\nAssistant Producer:<\/strong> Shannon Maguire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mayor of the City of Auburn<\/a>, Jonathan LaBonte grew up four blocks from where he now lives, and actually grew up in the same apartment in New Auburn that his father grew up in.\u00a0 LaBonte went to Auburn public schools until 10th grade, and then transferred to St. Dominic\u2019s (a Catholic school) in Lewiston.\u00a0 LaBonte attended the University of Maine in Orono and in 2002 graduated with a B.S. in chemical engineering.<\/p>\n

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Steve Woods (left) was joined in the TideSmart Talk with Stevoe studio by Mayor of the City of Auburn and Executive Director of the Androscoggin Land Trust Jonathan LaBonte (right).<\/p><\/div>\n

After college, LaBonte worked in the Boston area as a consulting engineer evaluating industrial complexes for deficiencies in fire protection, equipment operation, building construction, or emergency planning.\u00a0 LaBonte also worked for the Maine Turnpike Authority, working with appointed and elected government officials regarding public policy and planning.<\/p>\n

LaBonte was the Androscoggin County commissioner, but left that position when elected to Mayor in 2011.\u00a0\u00a0LaBonte became the youngest Mayor in the city of Auburn’s history.\u00a0 The decision to become involved in civil service came through the advice from LaBonte’s Chief Political Officer (his grandfather) and through the recommendation of other local leaders, such as former County Commissioner for Androscoggin County Connie Cote.<\/p>\n

He was on the MaineBiz \u201cNext List\u201d in 2009 as \u201csomeone shaping the future of Maine\u2019s economy.\u201d\u00a0 LaBonte was also listed on MaineToday Media\u2019s \u201cForty Under 40\u201d list in 2012.\u00a0 Briefly, LaBonte has served as a consultant between the cities of Lewiston and Auburn to analyze the benefits received through the current structure of regionalized services.<\/p>\n

LaBonte is also the Executive Director of the Androscoggin Land Trust<\/a>, a land conservation organization serving 19 towns and cities, spanning all or part of four counties, within the Androscoggin River watershed.\u00a0 That work including working with local, state and federal agencies, as well as land owners and other non-profits to build support of conservation projects and the development of recreational assets in the region to promote access to the area\u2019s natural resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mayor of the City of Auburn & Executive Director of the Androscoggin Land Trust Jonathan LaBonte recently sat down with the host of TideSmart Talk with Stevoe Steve Woods. LaBonte told Stevoe how he became involved in civil service at such a young age, becoming the youngest mayor in the city’s history at age 31. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}