We can move mountains.

MDF curricula and training prepares leaders of all types to adapt to ever-changing challenges and opportunities.

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Creating vibrant downtowns

MDF’s Maine Downtown Center Program serves as a statewide resource for preservation-based downtown revitalization.

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Unbiased data can inform the future

MDF’s multi-sector, non-partisan methods of collecting and testing data then sharing it across our network is why we’re one of the most trusted sources of economic data in Maine.

 

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There’s a place at the table for you!

MDF encourages you to join the conversation and make a real difference in determining Maine’s future. 

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Catalyze. Strengthen. Guide.

MDF is a non-partisan, statewide driver of sustainable economic growth in Maine. We connect people, decision-makers, and communities through trusted research, leadership development, and creative partnerships to stimulate new ideas, solve problems, and improve lives.

Join us Nov. 14 in Bath for MDC Annual Awards Celebration

Come celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of our downtown communities. Awards will be given for the Downtown Small Business of the Year, Project of the Year, and MDF-presented William F. King Jr. Downtown Champion Award.

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MDF’s Maine Downtown Center & Senior Program Director Anne Ball are featured in News Center Maine “207” Segment 

Hear all about the deep and broad impact of MDF’s Maine Downtown Center over the 26 years it has been working with communities across the state to innovate, diversify, and become economic engines where people want to visit and LIVE.

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Hear why Alumni of MDF’s ICL (Institute for Civic Leadership) describe how the program experience and the Alumni Network are career-and-life changing. Applications & nominations are being accepted for the next 2025-2026 Class!

21 Oct

MDC Training: The Four Point Approach

The event will be held virtually via Teams.

14 Nov

2025 MDC Annual Awards Celebration

Come celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of our downtown communities. Awards will be given for the Downtown Small Business of the Year, Project of the Year, and MDF-presented William F. King Jr. Downtown Champion Award. This year’s event will feature guest speakers, Margaret Hathaway and Karl Schatz of Community Plate. 

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“MDF is a special creature of state law, enabled to integrate private sector thinking and experience with state government planning and data. There is no other entity like it.”

Kay Rand, Former Chief of Staff, Governor Angus King

Celebrate our 2025 Maine Downtown Center Annual Award Winners! Nov. 14 in Bath

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