1:30-2:30PM

Join this webinar to learn about a grant opportunity for historic preservation in 24 current MDC member communities. The Maine Development Foundation (MDF) and its partner, the Maine Historic Preservation Commission (Commission) are administering the REvitalizeME Downtown (RMD) grant program for historic preservation and economic development.  RMD is supported through a grant from the Historic Preservation Fund Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant Program as administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

RMD grants range from $50,000-$200,000 and are for preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of historic properties in the downtown areas of 24 current MDC member communities (Main Street or Affiliates, listed below) that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places (or are in process of being listed).  The projects will be those that provide infrastructure (broadly defined) that contribute to the social and economic life of the town and the surrounding area, and that represent the history of the local community. In order to stimulate local investment, the subgrants must be matched by 20% of the requested grant funds.

GRANT PROGRAM WEBPAGE HERE 

Eligible communities include:

• Augusta
• Bangor
• Bath
• Belfast
• Biddeford
• Brunswick
• Calais
• Dover-Foxcroft
• Ellsworth
• Gardiner
• Hallowell
• Houlton
• Lewiston
• Lisbon
• Madawaska
• Monson
• Norway
• Old Town
• Rockland
• Saco
• Skowhegan
• Van Buren
• Waterville
• Westbrook