Sen. Beebe-Center celebrates Community Action Grants awarded to towns in District 12

AUGUSTA — Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, is pleased to announce that 13 towns and 2 organizations in Senate District 12 are recipients of a Community Action Grant award from the Community Resilience Partnership. The partnership is administered by the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to help Maine communities reduce emissions and prepare for the effects of extreme weather events brought on by climate change.

The recipients, grant amounts and project titles are:

Hope — $60,150 – Hope Community Sustainability and Resilience Plan

North Haven — $75,000 – Design and Scoping: Mitigating Saltwater Intrusion Risk in Fresh Pond

Owl’s Head — $44,857 – Fire-Fighting Water Supply Ponds with Dry Hydrants

Rockland — $80,000 – Safe Routes to South School: Advancing Active and Public Transportation Access Between Rockland’s Neighborhoods, Elementary School, and Community Services

Rockport-Camden — $174,099 – Climate Action Through Collaboration: Building Resilience in Camden and Rockport

St. George-South Thomaston — $128,200 – Collaborative Climate Action Planning in St. George and South Thomaston

Thomaston — $75,000 – Working Waterfront Resilience Project

Union — $74,982 – Union Severe Weather Infrastructure Risk Management Plan

Vinalhaven — $75,000 – Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Design for Flood Resilience at Two Critical Roadway Locations

Warren — $75,000 – Warren Buildings and Operations Efficiency Upgrades Plan

Friendship — $50,000 – Service Provider Grant for the Midcoast Council of Governments

Warren — $22,500 – Service Provider Grant for the Midcoast Council of Governments.

North Haven-Vinalhaven — $62,500 – Service Provider Grant for Resilient Communities L3C.

“I am thrilled to see this much needed funding being given to these important projects in our district.” said Sen. Beebe-Center. “After the devastation of the 2024 winter storms, I am hopeful that these projects will make our district stronger than the winds of the next storm to come.”

Funding for the grants came from several sources, including measures passed by the Maine Legislature with Sen. Beebe-Center’s support:

The Supplemental Budget that was passed by the Legislature in 2024 to increase community resilience and preparedness in the wake of the December 2023 and January 2024 storms;

Funds from the biennial budget authorized by the Legislature in 2023; and

A federal grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The grants in District 12 are part of a historic $8 million in funding for Community Resilience Partnership grants announced by Governor Janet Mills on May 1, 2025. This round of funding will support projects in 166 communities across Maine. For a full list of grant awardees, click here.

Sen. Beebe-Center represents Senate District 12, which includes all of Knox County except for the towns of Washington and Isle Au Haut.