2008 Grants Awarded by the Western Mountains Committee

Project Information Committee Grant Amount
Coastal Enterprises Inc., Wiscasset, for the Western Maine component of the Rim Counties Women's Business Initiative to combine place-based community development with technology to support entrepreneurship among low-income women.      $1,000.00
Farmington Downtown Business and Professional Association, to create a downtown map as part of a larger initiative to include streetscape improvements, business development and a downtown walking tour. $2,000.00
Foothills Arts Center, Farmington, for a professional designer to construct a new website. $3,000.00
Franklin County Children's Task Force, Farmington, to provide the "Baby Think it Over" infant simulator program to all middle and high schools in Franklin County and Livermore Falls. $7,500.00
Maine Community Action Association, East Wilton, for "Maine Voices," a statewide project that will involve low-income residents in a process focused on eliminating poverty. $2,000.00
Phillips Public Library, for Library Awareness Day, an introduction to the services the library offers. $1,357.00
Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District, Dover-Foxcroft, to host the Central Region Envirothon, an interdisciplinary hands-on natural resource learning opportunity for high school students. $500.00
Somerset Economic Development Corporation, Skowhegan, to print and distribute a cultural, heritage and recreation assets-based map and guide. $4,300.00
Stratton/Eustis Food Pantry, Stratton, to purchase food and non-food items to enhance the Pantry's ability to provide for needy families, especially seniors. $2,000.00
The Kneading Conference, Bangor, to highlight progressive ideas in local grain growing and milling, wood-fired oven building and baking. $7,500.00