Coastal Community Grant Case Studies

Coastal Community Grants are an important element of the Municipal Planning Assistance Program’s mission to improve economic conditions by providing technical and financial assistance to Maine municipalities. The Coastal Community Grants are awarded and administered by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Municipal Planning Assistance Program. The Maine Coastal Program, Department of Marine Resources, provides funding through Maine’s federal coastal zone management award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

This is a competitive grant program for projects designed to improve water quality, increase adaptation to erosion and flooding, restore coastal habitat, promote sustainable development, and enhance the coastal-dependent economy while preserving coastal natural resources within Maine’s coastal zone.

Coastal Community Grant Awards

Coastal Community Planning Grants support projects that advance the goals of the Maine Coastal Program. Upon project completion, grant recipients prepare a case study documenting the project’s approach and results, identify next steps and ongoing needs, share lessons learned and potential applicability for other communities, and recommend follow-up actions for state agencies to address municipal, regional, and emerging coastal issues.

Maine Coastal Planning Grant Viewer

Use the link below to open the Maine Coastal Planning Grant Viewer and explore funded projects across Maine's coastal communities.

About the Map

The Maine Coastal Planning Grant Viewer is a collaborative mapping tool developed by the Municipal Planning Assistance Program and the Maine Coastal Program to showcase grant-funded projects and their impact.