AUGUSTA — The Maine Office of Tourism has announced that more than $1 million has been awarded to eight Maine organizations in the final round of the Tourism Marketing & Development Recovery Program.

The program, administered by the Maine Office of Tourism with $2 million in funds awarded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, was established to help Maine’s travel and tourism industry recover from negative financial impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The award recipients announced include:

Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce — $93,000;
Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Portland — $200,000;
Eastern Maine Development Corporation, Bangor — $195,000;
Heart of Ellsworth — $200,000;
High Peaks Alliance, Farmington — $92,000;
Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation, Bethel — $94,500;
Moosehead Lake Region Chamber of Commerce, Greenville — $70,000; and
Rangeley Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce — $90,000.

Recipients selected to receive an award successfully demonstrated their projects’ potential for long-term transformational impacts; campaigns that reach underrepresented, new and diverse communities of visitors; and the creation and/or improvement of tourism assets that will live on beyond the life of the grant term.  Projects must be completed by September 2025.

More information is available at MOTPartners.com.

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