# Maine Launches Waterfront Resilience Grants

Maine announced a $25 million Working Waterfront Resilience Grant Program to help eligible commercial fishing and aquaculture waterfront properties repair winter-storm damage and make resilience upgrades. Applicants could request up to $2 million, but had to provide matching funds equal to the grant amount; eligible properties had to serve at least 10 commercial fishermen or aquaculturists, with priority review for projects serving 20 or more. Applications closed June 10, 2024, and funding was expected in August 2024, so this grant opportunity is no longer open. The announcement also previewed two related state programs totaling $35 million for business recovery and infrastructure adaptation.

- The program offered grants covering no more than 50 percent of project costs, creating a substantial matching-fund requirement for applicants and their project partners.
- Contractors and suppliers serving Maine’s working waterfronts may find relevant market activity in wharf and pier repairs, reconstruction, and resilience improvements, although the application period has passed.
- The related $10 million Business Resilience and Recovery Fund and $25 million Infrastructure Adaptation Fund broadened the state’s resilience investment beyond waterfront properties; the announced application timelines and expected funding dates have also passed.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Environment
**Topics:** Grants & Funding, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** November 06, 2026

### Government Entities
- Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR)
- Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT)
- Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)

### Key Quotes
> This important funding will help rebuild damaged wharves and piers that commercial fishermen, and, by extension, our coastal communities and our entire state, depend on for our livelihoods and our economy.
> — Janet Mills, Governor of Maine

### Sources
- [Governor Mills Announces Applications for Funding to Help Working Waterfront Properties Rebuild from Winter Storms | Office of Governor Janet T. Mills](https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-applications-funding-help-working-waterfront-properties-rebuild) - ME