BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 4, 2022
A new round of grants announced this week will help a handful of Maine mill towns repurpose their former manufacturing sites for new businesses. Millinocket, Lincoln and Ashland will receive $20,000 each, while East Millinocket and Madison will receive $30,000 each to fund projects such as engineering and site planning studies and offset state permit costs as each town continues repurposing former mill and manufacturing sites for new businesses. The five towns that received funding include four that have seen paper and pulp mills shutter in the last 15 years, leading to the loss of hundreds of jobs.