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Buckfield Select Board approves application for $10,000 Maine Community Foundation grant to support community —swap shop—

Buckfield Select Board · February 12, 2026
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Summary

The Select Board voted Jan. 20 to approve submitting a Maine Community Foundation community-building grant application for a swap shop project, authorizing up to $10,000 in award funding with no town match; committee members will continue organizing the project and the town would administer the grant if awarded.

At its Jan. 20 meeting, the Buckfield Select Board approved submitting a grant application to the Maine Community Foundation for a community —swap shop— project.

A swap shop ad hoc committee presented the idea and identified the Maine Community Foundation's community-building grant as a low-barrier funding opportunity. Speaker 5, a member of the ad hoc committee, described the grant and told the board it would not require a town match if awarded. "This specific…

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