Sen. Grohoski celebrates Community Action Grants awarded to Brooklin, Castine, Cranberry Isles, Sedgwick, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Surry, Tremont and Verona Island

Posted: May 15, 2025 | Senator Grohoski

AUGUSTA — Sen. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth, is pleased to announce that nine municipalities in Senate District 7 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 prepare for the effects of extreme weather events.

The grant recipients and amounts are:

  • Cranberry Isles: $70,650
    • Funding to foster a future of sustainability and resiliency, including an update to the Cranberry Isles Comprehensive Plan
  • Southwest Harbor: $74,500
    • Funding to strengthen Southwest Harbor’s community resilience, emergency preparedness and access to public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure
  • Stonington: $80,000
    • Funding to update and revise Stonington’s 2018 Comprehensive Plan with a focus on working waterfront, transportation and climate resilience
  • Surry, Brooklin, Castine, Sedgwick: $177,985
    • Funding for the Blue Hill Peninsula Tomorrow Climate Resilience Leadership Development Program
  • Tremont: $80,000
    • Funding to implement Tremont’s Resilience Plan “Action in Pursuit of Community Resilience”
  • Verona Island: $61, 472
    • Funding to update Verona Island’s Comprehensive Plan to advance and fund climate resilience

“As the state senator for coastal Hancock County, I remain committed to finding solutions that mitigate the costly damage from severe flooding and strong storm surges,” said Sen. Grohoski. “Increasingly severe weather events are putting our businesses, homes, infrastructure and working waterfronts — people’s entire livelihoods and sense of security — at great risk. These Community Action Grants will help fund critical efforts to protect our communities from short- and long-term risks.”

Funding for the grants came from several sources, including measures passed by the Maine Legislature:

  • 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 7 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. Nicole Grohoski is the state senator for Senate District 7, which includes 22 communities in coastal Hancock County and Isle au Haut in Knox County. She is currently serving her second full term in the Maine Senate. Sen. Grohoski is the Senate Chair of the Legislature’s Taxation Committee and she is a member of the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.

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