GORHAM, ME – As part of the Town’s commitment to help address climate change and reduce its carbon footprint, the Town of Gorham has been selected as a recipient of a Community Action Grant award from the Community Resilience Partnership.

Gorham received 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.

Gorham Facilities Coordinator Kevin Wood stated that Gorham will also receive $11,103 in funding from Efficiency Maine for this project.

As of May 28, most light fixtures on the first floor of the Gorham Municipal Center were replaced.

As of June 10, the lighting retrofit project has been completed at the Gorham Municipal Center.

488 fluorescent lights were replaced with energy-saving LED fixtures, helping to reduce the Town’s carbon footprint and lower energy costs.

The Gorham Recreation Department had previously installed LED lights in the Shaw Gym and the Council Chambers were also recently converted to LED fixtures.

This project was made possible with funding from a Community Action Grant as well as a rebate from Efficiency Maine, both programs administered by the State of Maine, and from the dedicated efforts of Assistant Town Planner Damon Yakovleff, Facilities Coordinator Kevin Wood and Town Engineer Chuck Norton.