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Surry joins neighboring towns in $172,985 resilience grant application
Summary
Surry, Castine and Penobscot applied for a $172,985 Community Action Grant to fund Climate Resilience Leadership Development through the Peninsula Tomorrow partnership; no local match is required and the towns are already in the state's Community Resilience Partnership.
Select Board members told residents on Jan. 7 that Surry joined Castine and Penobscot in applying for a $172,985 Community Action Grant to support Climate Resilience Leadership Development through the Peninsula Tomorrow partnership.
Chris Stark said the grant would not require a town match and would support local climate resilience planning and leadership development. The town participates in Maine’s Community Resilience Partnership, a program board members said the town considers when applying for state funding.
Why it matters: if funded, the grant could provide staff time, training or project resources for residents and town committees working on climate resiliency on the Blue Hill Peninsula. The award would influence local planning priorities and could be leveraged alongside other state or federal resilience funds.
The board did not vote on the grant application at the meeting; members described it as an application in progress and part of ongoing grant-seeking activity.
