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Fort Kent Municipal Center
Fort Kent Municipal Center
Five Fort Kent residents and one Frenchville resident will receive a total of $ 130,000 in grants to replace faulty wastewater treatment plants on their properties.
Fort Kent, Maine – Five Fort Kent residents and one Frenchville resident will receive a total of $ 130,000 in grants to replace faulty wastewater treatment plants on their properties.
The Maine Department of Environment oversees the 2020 Small Community Grant program, which approved funding to replace septic tanks in residential areas. As part of the grant, the faulty septic tanks must pollute a body of water or cause public nuisance.
The grant is allocated as a percentage based on the residents’ financial needs, which is determined by a sliding scale. Cindy Bouley, Administrative Assistant for the Fort Kent Office of Planning and Economic Development, applied for the grants on behalf of residents.
In January the cities of Frenchville and Fort Kent signed one interlocal agreement in which Fort Kent would support Frenchville with grants for economic development. The cities decided it would be better to work together and give Fort Kent the opportunity to provide a community development director to help with related work, including handling grants.
Since then, Bouley has also successfully applied for a US $ 50,000 Micro Enterprise Grant from the Community Development Block Grant program to help
Tyra’s doggie salon of Frenchville expand retail space and add a dog park to their business.
The septic tank projects will be advertised soon, and Bouley hopes some of the projects will start this fall, although some are not expected to happen until spring 2021.
“Our construction season is very limited up here so we’re going to do what we can this year and go from there,” said Bouley.
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