MDF Events
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Upcoming Events
10May
Leadership Maine Graduation
Location: Migis Lodge, 30 Migis Lodge Road, South Casco
Join MDF in celebrating the graduation of the LM Allagash class
- Leadership Development
- ICL – Institute for Civic Leadership
The Institute for Civic Leadership is an experiential, eight month, inward journey that enables a leader to develop the skills to lead in a collaborative and facilitative way.
- Leadership Maine
Leadership Maine is a powerful, nine month, outward journey that takes a leader beyond their day-to-day experience and expands their capacity to shape our state’s future.
- Policy Leaders Academy
Policy Leaders Academy is a non-partisan experiential immersion for legislators in the fundamentals of the Maine economy, the factors that drive long-term growth, and how public policy decisions affect investment.
- Realize Maine Network
The Realize Maine Network connects regional groups, business, organizations and policymakers to share best practices for attracting and retaining young people to live, work and thrive in Maine.
- Alumni
MDF offers professional development, networking, community service and impactful engagement opportunities to the 1800+ alumni of Leadership Maine and ICL.
- ICL – Institute for Civic Leadership
- Community & Workforce Programs & Partnerships
- FOR/Maine
MDF is a lead partner in FOR/Maine (Forest Opportunity Roadmap) a cross-sector coalition working to diversify the state’s wood products businesses, attract capital investments, and develop greater economic prosperity for Maine’s rural communities.
- Maine Downtown Center
The Maine Development Foundation’s Maine Downtown Center Program serves as a statewide resource for preservation-based downtown revitalization.
- MaineSpark
MDF is a lead partner in MaineSpark, a 10-year initiative by Maine’s education and business leaders to ensure by 2025, 60% of Mainers hold the education and workforce credentials they need to succeed.
- SEA Maine
- Maine Alliance for Health & Prosperity
MDF is a key partner in the Maine Alliance for Health and Prosperity which seeks to address and eliminate systemic inequities in health and economic outcomes.
- FOR/Maine
- Economic Policy & Research
- Maine Economic Growth Council
MEGC develops long-range economic plans for Maine and measures progress in achieving the plan’s benchmarks and goals.
- Making Maine Work Report Series
Making Maine Work reports serve as an action plan for improving productivity and investing in ways that help grow Maine’s economy.
- Measures of Growth Report
MDF’s annual snapshot of Maine’s economy that provides critical nonpartisan, independent data on key indicators to inform policy and decision making.
- Maine Economic Growth Council
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