Community Resilience Partnership
Helping communities adapt while
meeting Maine's climate goals
Updates for the 2025-2026 Cohorts
Keep scrolling for more information about the Partnership!
1. Community Resilience Partnership Enrollment:
Brownfield
Brownfield is enrolled in the Partnership and received their first Community Action Grant! The town received $75,000 in 2026 for an energy audit of municipal buildings, heat pump installation, and weatherization of municipal buildings. Congratulations!
Sweden
Sweden is enrolled in the Partnership and received their first Community Action Grant! The town received $75,000 in 2026 for a municipal solar installation and a natural resources inventory. Congratulations!
2. Community Vulnerability Assessment:
Stoneham
We’re excited to partner with the Town of Stoneham through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Attention, Stoneham community members! Click here to take the Vulnerability Assessment Survey and be entered into a raffle for a $100 Hannaford gift card.
Greenwood
We’re excited to partner with the Town of Greenwood through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Attention, Greenwood community members! Click here to take the Vulnerability Assessment Survey and be entered into a raffle for a $100 Hannaford gift card.
Waterford
We’re excited to partner with the Town of Waterford through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Attention, Waterford community members! Click here to take the Vulnerability Assessment Survey and be entered into a raffle for a $100 Hannaford gift card.
Lovell
We’re excited to partner with the Town of Lovell through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Attention, Lovell community members! Click here to take the Vulnerability Assessment Survey and be entered into a raffle for a $100 Hannaford gift card.
Updates for the 2026-2027 Cohorts
1. Community Resilience Partnership Enrollment:
Salem
We’re excited to partner with Salem in 2026 through the Community Resilience Partnership!
We will host combined workshops for the townships of Madrid, Salem, and Freeman to help shape these communities’ climate-resilient future on March 11th and March 26th.
Freeman
We’re excited to partner with Freeman in 2026 through the Community Resilience Partnership!
We will host combined workshops for the townships of Madrid, Salem, and Freeman to help shape these communities’ climate-resilient future on March 11th and March 26th.
Madrid
We’re excited to partner with Madrid in 2026 through the Community Resilience Partnership!
We will host combined workshops for the townships of Madrid, Salem, and Freeman to help shape these communities’ climate-resilient future on March 11th and March 26th.
2. Community Vulnerability Assessment:
Strong
We’re excited to partner with the Town of Strong through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Stay tuned for upcoming community engagement opportunities.
Otisfield
We’re excited to partner with the Town of Otisfield through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Stay tuned for upcoming community engagement opportunities.
Canton
We’re excited to partner with the Town of Canton through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Stay tuned for upcoming community engagement opportunities.
West Paris
We’re excited to partner with the Town of West Paris through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Stay tuned for upcoming community engagement opportunities.
Temple
We’re excited to partner with the Town of Temple through the Community Resilience Partnership!
Stay tuned for upcoming community engagement opportunities.
CEBE continues to be contracted by Maine's Office of Community Affairs as a Service Provider for Maine’s Community Resilience Partnership. This program helps Maine communities reduce emissions and prepare for the effects of climate change through direct support, Community Vulnerability Assessments, and Community Action Grants of up to $75,000.
Since 2022, we've worked with up to five communities at a time to help them enroll in the Partnership and apply for their first Community Action Grant. Thanks to a new grant opportunity, we are also able to assist two to five enrolled/enrolling communities at a time to complete community vulnerability assessments that identify vulnerable community members, infrastructure, and assets, and then utilize that data to further prioritize climate action projects and apply for grant funds.
We are currently working with Dallas Plantation and the townships of Albany, Madrid, Salem, and Freeman on their enrollment and Community Action Grants, and we want to hear from you! We welcome community members to share ideas for building local climate resilience at one of our engagement meetings.
Since 2022, we have brought over $1,300,000 into our region for climate resilience projects through our work with the towns of Bethel, Casco, Hanover, Hartford, Lovell, Norway, Otisfield, Paris, Stoneham, Sumner, West Paris, Woodstock, Harrison, Temple, Naples, Canton, Sweden, and Brownfield. Keep scrolling to learn more about our previous cohorts, or click here for the full list of towns enrolled in the Partnership.
If you live in a Maine town not listed above and would like to learn about helping your town enroll for future grant opportunities, please reach out to us!
Past Community Resilience Partnership Cohorts
CEBE has now enrolled and sought funding for five cohorts: Bethel, Otisfield, Paris, and Woodstock in 2022; Casco, Hartford, Lovell, and Sumner in 2023; Hanover, Stoneham, and West Paris in spring 2024; Canton, Harrison, Naples, and Temple in fall 2024; and Brownfield and Sweden in 2025. We also helped the town of Norway to apply for the first round of funding in early 2022.
In addition to Community Resilience Partnership enrollment, CEBE has been conducting Vulnerability Assessments to assess the strengths, needs, and vulnerable infrastructure and populations in our communities and make data-driven recommendations for increased community resilience against extreme weather and other climate impacts. We are currently finishing up assessments for our first cohort: Waterford, Greenwood, Lovell, and Stoneham. We will link these assessments below once they are complete.
We could not do this alone. Over 130 community members have joined us to discuss their ideas for a more resilient community. We appreciate everyone who has supported their town's enrollment in the Community Resilience Partnership!
Harrison is enrolled in the Partnership and received their first Community Action Grant! The town received $75,000 in 2025 for Stream Smart Crossings for flood resilient roads. Congratulations!