Program Name: Small Harbor Improvement Program Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: SHIP supports the approximately 18,000 licensed commercial fishermen and related industries along the Maine coast who increasingly rely on these public facilities for access to resources. Without this program, municipalities would likely...
Program Name: Official State of Maine Website Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: State Homepage Description: Website: http://www.maine.gov/portal/...
Program Name: Maine's Working Waterfront Tax Law Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Tax Incentives Description: To encourage the preservation of working waterfront land and to prevent the conversion of working waterfront land to other uses as the result of economic pressures caused by the assessment...
Program Name: Working Waterfront Access Protection Program Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Repository Description: Through a competitive application process matching funds are available to assist commercial fisheries businesses, co-ops, municipalities and other interested parties in securing strategically significant working waterfront properties. Funds can be used...
Program Name: Accessing the Maine Coast Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Repository Description: This website contains information to help waterfront users, coastal communities, and land owners address issues related to coastal access. The intent of this website is to offer specific tools to coastal stakeholders...
Program Name: Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Tax Incentive Description: This program is designed to encourage equity and near-equity investments in eligible Maine businesses, directly and through private venture capital funds. FAME may authorize state income tax credits to...
Program Name: Land For Maine's Future Program Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Dedicated Revenue Description: The Program works to coordinate and finance acquisition of lands for conservation, water access, outdoor recreation, wildlife and fish habitat and farmland conservation. Through the use of matching funds, the...
Program Name: Technology Asset Fund Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Dedicated Revenue Description: The Maine Technology Asset Fund is a competitive award program funded by Maine State bond proceeds. The awards must be used to fund capital and related expenditures supporting research, development and commercialization...
Program Name: Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Grant Description: The Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund conserves wildlife and open spaces through the sale of instant Lottery tickets. With proceeds from ticket sales, grants are awarded twice a year, totaling approximately $700,000 annually....
Program Name: Island and Coastal Innovation Fund Resource Type: State State: Maine, Northeast Agency: Program Source: Loan Description: The Island and Coastal Innovation Fund supports entrepreneurs, invests in transformative business models, and purchases and reallocates assets that will ensure a diversified economy for the future of Maine’s island and...
