The Institute for Civic Leadership is an experiential, eight month, inward journey that enables a leader to develop the skills to lead in a collaborative and facilitative way.
Leadership Maine is a powerful, nine month, outward journey that takes a leader beyond their day-to-day experience and expands their capacity to shape our state’s future.
Policy Leaders Academy is a non-partisan experiential immersion for legislators in the fundamentals of the Maine economy, the factors that drive long-term growth, and how public policy decisions affect investment.
The Realize Maine Network connects regional groups, business, organizations and policymakers to share best practices for attracting and retaining young people to live, work and thrive in Maine.
MDF offers professional development, networking, community service and impactful engagement opportunities to the 1800+ alumni of Leadership Maine and ICL.
MDF is a lead partner in FOR/Maine (Forest Opportunity Roadmap) a cross-sector coalition working to diversify the state’s wood products businesses, attract capital investments, and develop greater economic prosperity for Maine’s rural communities.
MDF is a lead partner in MaineSpark, a 10-year initiative by Maine’s education and business leaders to ensure by 2025, 60% of Mainers hold the education and workforce credentials they need to succeed.
MDF is a key partner in the Maine Alliance for Health and Prosperity which seeks to address and eliminate systemic inequities in health and economic outcomes.
Nice editorial from the Bangor Daily News about how communities are innovating in the face of COVID-19. Pandemic allows communities to reimagine themselves
MDF’s President and CEO, Yellow Light Breen, spoke with Govwebworks.com’s Melissa Coleman about strategies for economic stability amidst the turmoil of COVID-19 and the recovery.…
Click here to access the MDC newsletter dated Thursday, May 21, 2020. Our latest newsletter includes updates on the MDC Downtown Together Calls and Build…
MDF’s Maine Downtown Center and our REvitalizeME grant program is featured in this Portland Press Herald article. The piece gives details on how one of…
Gardiner’s Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center was featured in a recent Kennebec Journal article for winning one of six competitive awards through the ReVitalizeME grant…