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MDF is a non-partisan, statewide driver of sustainable economic growth in Maine. We connect people, decision-makers, and communities though trusted research, leadership development, and creative partnerships to stimulate new ideas, solve problems, and improve lives
Join us for our 2024 Maine Downtown Center Conference & Annual Awards
Feel the power of Maine’s unique downtowns! Join us Nov. 6-7 for this inspiring statewide gathering of Main Street organizations, downtown volunteers, business and property owners, community residents, and economic and community development professionals!
MDF’s Maine Downtown Center Names Ellsworth as an Accredited National Main Street Community
Ellsworth is the newest nationally accredited addition to Maine’s Main Street program. This designation recognizes decades of grassroots revitalization work by volunteers, businesses, and civic leaders.
Celebrate with us as five key MDF programs mark milestone anniversaries in 2024.
01 Oct
Board Training: The Four Point Approach
This is the second of two Board Trainings offered annually by the Maine Downtown Center. The event will be held virtually via Zoom.
23 Oct
Leadership in Action Breakfast: Projects of Passion – Volunteering & Mentoring in Community
7:30 – 10:00 a.m. A panel of Alums & volunteer organizations will share their passion for volunteering and mentoring, and the impact it has in their communities, on younger generations, and in their own lives. We will then hold space for alumni who lead these efforts around the state to meet in small groups & one-on-one with Alums interested in becoming volunteers and/or mentors. Please stay after the breakfast for a short tour of Husson’s iEX Center to learn more about their cutting-edge extended reality program.”
MDF Awarded $535,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending Funds to Boost Maine’s Rural & Forest Product Sector Workforce
Hallowell, Maine — July 18, 2024 — Maine Development Foundation (MDF) is pleased to announce an award of Congressionally Directed Spending…“MDF is a special creature of state law, enabled to integrate private sector thinking and experience with state government planning and data. There is no other entity like it.”
Kay Rand, Former Chief of Staff, Governor Angus King
Feel the power of Maine’s historic main street communities! Join us Nov. 6-7 for our Maine Downtown Center Conference
Champion circle members
