AUGUSTA, ME – Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough, is pleased to announce that the towns of Gorham and Scarborough in Senate District 30 are recipients of a Community Action Grant award from the Community Resilience Partnership. The partnership is administered by the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to help Maine communities reduce emissions and prepare for the effects of extreme weather events brought on by climate change.

The recipient and amounts are:

Gorham: $56,077

Funding for the Municipal Building Lighting Retrofit project

Scarborough: $80,000

Funding for the Sustainable Scarborough Climate Action Plan

“Community engagement is crucial if we are to weather future storms,” said Sen. Stacy Brenner. “These grants are vital resources that allow our towns to take meaningful steps toward reducing emissions and preparing for the extreme weather events we know are coming. This funding will help ensure our communities are better equipped to build resilience and protect our shared future.”

Funding for the grants came from several sources, including measures passed by the Maine Legislature with Sen. Brenner’s support:

The Supplemental Budget that was passed by the Legislature in 2024 to increase community resilience and preparedness in the wake of the December 2023 and January 2024 storms;

Funds from the biennial budget authorized by the Legislature in 2023; and

A federal grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The grants in District 30 are part of a historic $8 million in funding for Community Resilience Partnership grants announced by Governor Janet Mills on May 1, 2025. This round of funding will support projects in 166 communities across Maine.

Sen. Brenner is in her third term in the Maine Senate. She currently serves on the Environment and Natural Resources Committee.