Supporting Coastal Entrepreneurs

Posted October 26, 2023 by Jeff Frank, Senior Community Development Officer & filed under Blog.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an award on October 17 to Island Institute for nearly $87,000 from its Rural Business Development Grant program. These funds will go towards supplementing the Tom Glenn Community Impact Fund’s revolving loan fund.

Maine’s working waterfronts need our help

Posted December 3, 2021 by Renny Sabina & filed under Blog.

It seemed like a no more than a week would go by and we would be at it again; handling calls or emails from individuals, businesses, and communities about the critical challenges facing Maine’s iconic working waterfronts. We knew the themes well enough: skyrocketing real estate prices creating increased pressures to sell and uncertainty for… Read more »

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