MDF NEWS
MDF Featured in Newscenter Maine story “Pilot program to help boost forest product sector’s workforce”
MDF and FOR/Maine (Forest Opportunity Roadmap) Program Director Erica Watson are featured in this Newscenter Maine story on a new online course that will link…
July 2023 MDF Roundup
Read the July 2023 edition of our newsletter, MDF Roundup: News, Updates, Events Updates | July 2023
MDF and Maine Entreprenuers Featured in Wall Street Journal Article
MDF’s Maine Downtown Center Senior Program Director, Anne Ball was among the Maine subject matter experts and business owners quoted in an in-depth Wall Street Jounral article,…
Seafood industry contributes $3.2B a year to the Maine economy, report says
A new report out by the SEA Maine (Seafood Economic Accelerator) initiative, in which MDF is a key partner and staffs, highlights how critical the…
MDF Joins Coalition Awarded $1M By NSF for Forest Research, Product Development, and Career Path Enhancement
Project Seeks to Unlock New Forest Product Markets that Depend on Thriving Forests in Northern New England CONCORD, NH: A coalition of organizations led by the…
MDF’s Maine Downtown Center Announces Annual Awards
Brunswick, MAINE — April 26, 2023 — The Maine Downtown Center, a program of Maine Development Foundation (MDF), is thrilled to announce awards recognizing projects and individuals that have made the biggest impacts in downtown communities in the…
Economic Indicators in Focus: Earth Day 2023 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Water Quality
Photo credit: Yankee Magazine “It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her…
March 2023 MDF Roundup
News, Programming, and Event Updates | March 2023
Funding opportunities for Area Youth Sports building discussed with Congressional staff
MDF’s Erica Watson, Program Director for Education & Workforce Development, is among the leaders featured in this article from the Lewiston Sun Journal on innovative,…
New act for forest products: Manufacturers find new uses for Maine’s vast forest resource
MDF’s Program Director for the FOR/Maine (Forest Opportunity Roadmap) initiative, Bri Bowman, and other leaders Maine’s forest economy initiative are featured in this Mainebiz article.…