Multiple Maine communities to receive redevelopment assistance [Video]

Augusta, Maine (WABI) – The Mills Administration has announced six community projects have been selected for redevelopment assistance.

The Maine Community Energy Redevelopment Program will provide technical assistance to help revitalize facilities with available or excess electrical capacity.

The following communities have been selected to participate in the first round of the MECERP program:

• The City of Auburn seeks to catalyze business attraction and industrial growth by creating a cohesive development vision for the land assets in or near the Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub Overlay. The Tech Overlay was created by the city to align commercial and industrial development with Maine’s state-level Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub designation by the Biden-Harris Administration.
• The Town of Bucksportis conducting economic development planning for underutilized industrial land alongside the Penobscot River near downtown Bucksport. The project will focus on areas surrounding the existing thermal power station and transition to clean energy technologies, in partnership with power station …