2025 William F. King Jr. Downtown Champion Award

Please nominate a downtown hero who has had an impact in your downtown and your downtown revitalization efforts in 2024-25. A downtown hero could be an individual or a group. The downtown hero will be recognized at the Maine Development Foundation’s Annual Meeting to be held October 3, 2025.

Your nomination will be kept anonymous. Nominations must be from a current Main Street, Affiliate, or Municipal Community. Nominations are open until 12pm on Monday, June 9, 2025.

If you have questions or need more information, please email Perri Williams, Program Coordinator (pwilliams@mdf.org).

Former award recipients include:

  • 2001 Evan Richert
  • 2002 Mayor Lee Young
  • 2003 Peter Cox
  • 2004 William King, Jr.
  • 2005 Jayne Palmer
  • 2006 Doug Sanford
  • 2008 Roxanne Eflin
  • 2010 Mike Baran
  • 2011 Rodney Lynch
  • 2012 Shannon Haines
  • 2013 Amber Lambke
  • 2014 Hugh French
  • 2015 Renys
  • 2016 Terry Ann Holden
  • 2017 David Holt
  • 2017 Andrea H. Burns
  • 2018 Brook Ewing Minner
  • 2018 Susan Lessard
  • 2019 Robert Abbey
  • 2020 Delilah Poupore
  • 2021 Greg Paxton
  • 2022 Shawn McLaughlin
  • 2023 Phyllis Young
  • 2024 Luke Dyer

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