PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 21, 2025
Between 2022 and 2024, Maine experienced an extraordinary nine natural disasters, each severe enough to merit presidential disaster or emergency declarations. Today, recovery is still underway. As the town manager in Jay and economic development director in Stonington, we know too well the toll extreme weather takes on our communities and the challenges of investing both time and money in resilience. But we also know that the cost of inaction is far higher. We invite community leaders from the more than 260 communities already enrolled in the Community Resilience Partnership to join us at for a webinar at noon on July 23 to learn more about the Plan for Infrastructure Resilience and how they can take action. ~ Linda Nelson and Shiloh Lafreniere, Rebuilding and Resilience Commission