Kennebunk EDC to recruit for Roux Venture Forward; first class tentatively March 31

Kennebunk Economic Development Committee · February 5, 2026

Summary

EDC staff and working group will contact local businesses to recruit for the Roux Venture Forward program; selections by early March with the first class tentatively scheduled for March 31, 2026 and running eight to ten weeks.

Stephen Houdlette (EVD) told the Economic Development Committee that the EDC working group will contact local businesses over the next few weeks to recruit participants for the Roux Venture Forward program. Selections are expected to be made by early March, and the first class is tentatively set to begin March 31, 2026; the program is planned to run eight to ten weeks.

Committee members discussed the schedule and outreach plan; the update was given for informational purposes and no formal vote was recorded. The timeline places the program’s launch within the spring quarter and will require local businesses to apply or be nominated for the inaugural Kennebunk cohort.

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