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Island Institute has awarded $214,000 in Glenn Fund Community Impact Grants to 56 projects advancing climate solutions, economic opportunity, and community resilience across Maine’s coast and islands.   This year’s awards reflect the grit, ingenuity, and determination of people who live and work in Maine’s island and coastal communities.

Island Institute is pleased to announce the promotion of Peter King to Chief Financial Officer. After seven years serving as Operations Coordinator, Budget Manager, and most recently Director of Financial Operations, King now joins Island Institute’s senior leadership team.

Island Institute is pleased to announce three new leadership appointments across operations, policy, and philanthropy that will strengthen the organization’s ability to deliver its mission: to boldly navigate climate and economic change with island and coastal communities to expand opportunities and deliver solutions.

Island Institute is pleased to announce that Jessica Reilly-Moman, Ph.D., will be joining the organization as the Director of the Center for Climate and Community. A dedicated social scientist, ecologist, and writer, Dr. Reilly-Moman brings over twenty-five years of experience and a deep passion for accelerating climate action for coastal communities.

Island Institute is proud to announce a $1.4 million award from the Small Business Administration to support Maine's lobster industry and enhance the economic resilience of the coastal communities dependent on this vital fishery.

Rockland, ME, August 13, 2024 – Island Institute proudly celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Fellows Program on August 8th at the Rockport Opera House. The event brought together a vibrant assembly of past, current, and incoming Fellows, advisors, community members, and supporters, all gathered to honor a program that has profoundly shaped both Maine’s coastal communities and the careers of its participants.

Rockland, ME – Island Institute recently appointed four new members to its board of trustees. Each member will support and guide the Institute’s mission to boldly navigate climate and economic change with island and coastal communities to expand opportunities and deliver solutions.

Rockland, ME – Island Institute, a community development nonprofit serving Maine’s island and coastal communities, announced today that it has completed Business Resilience Storm Response Grants, totaling $250,000, delivered to 52 waterfront businesses in the wake of the back-to-back January storms.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Richard Knox, Senior Marketing Officer, Island Institute 207-242-5578; rknox@islandinstitute.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rockland, ME – Island Institute, a Rockland-based community development organization focused on island and coastal communities,…

MEDIA CONTACTS: Richard Knox, Senior Marketing Officer, Island Institute 207-242-5578; rknox@islandinstitute.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rockland, ME – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) in…