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Home > Program & Partnerships > Maine Downtown Center > REvitalizeME Downtown Grant Program (2026) > REvitalizeME Past Grantees

REvitalizeME Past Grantees

We are proud to have supported the following projects:

Click below on a project name or the arrow to the left of it to see details.

2020 Grantees

Chocolate Church – Bath – $46,372

Condition Assessment Report

Center Theater – Dover–Foxcroft – $19,400

Column Repair Engineering Specifications and National Register District Nomination

Johnson Hall – Gardiner – $243,753

Exterior Masonry and Window Preservation

Peavey Library – Eastport – $248,266

Masonry Repointing and Cupola Repair and Painting

Norway Opera House – Norway – $50,000

Update Structural Conditions Assessment and Roof Replacement Architectural and Engineering Design 

Spinning Mill (7 Island Ave) – Skowhegan – $32,590

Architectural and Engineering Plans and Complete National Register Listing

2022 Grantees

Colonial Theater – Augusta – $160,229

Window and Exterior Door Rehabilitation and Walkway Replacement

Old Hancock County Sheriff’s House & Jail (Ellsworth Historical Society) – Ellsworth – $200,000

Exterior Masonry Repair and Restoration

Porter Memorial Library – Machias – $48,000

Plans and Specifications for a New Entrance with Accessibility and Elevator

The Bag Mill (60 Lowell Street, LLC) – Rumford – $248,560

Window Survey, Architectural Plans, Roof and Parapet Repair and National Register of Historic Places listing

2024 Grantees (In Progress)

Olde Federal Building (Uncommon Augusta, LLC) – Augusta – $140,000

Roof Rehabilitation

Center Theatre – Dover–Foxcroft – $77,280

Repair and Support of Column

Old Hancock County Sheriff’s House and Jail (Ellsworth Historical Society) – Ellsworth – $185,770

Exterior Carpentry Rehabilitation

J. Palmer Merrill Building (JPM, LLC) – Skowhegan – $152,508

Roof Repair Project, Retain and Restore Original Copper Flashing, Reopen Historic Skylights

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