AUGUSTA – On May 1, the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future announced that the Town of Gorham has been selected as a recipient of a Community Action Grant award from the Community Resilience Partnership.
Gorham will receive an award of $56,077 to retrofit municipal buildings with LED lighting, which will improve energy efficiency and save local taxpayers money by lowering long-term costs.
Rep. Parnell Terry, D-Gorham, released the following statement in support of the funding:
“I applaud our municipal staff, in particular Assistant Town Planner Damon Yakovleff, Facilities Coordinator Kevin Wood and Town Engineer Chuck Norton, for their work to seek out this grant funding and spearhead this effort,” said Terry. “This lighting project will help to reduce Gorham’s operational costs that are borne by our taxpayers, by creating more reliable, resilient and efficient facilities that will also contribute to our sustainability goals.”
This award is part of $8 million in this round of grant funding to help Maine communities protect people, businesses and infrastructure from flooding, storm surge and other climate effects. The funding, which was approved by the Legislature in the May 2024 supplemental budget, will support projects in 166 communities throughout the state.
The full list of projects can be found here.
Rep. Terry is serving his first term in the Maine House and represents part of Gorham. Terry is a member of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee and the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee.
Contact:
Brian Lee (Terry) | 305-965-2744