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PROMOTE YOUR FARM BUSINESS 2009 Local Foods Directories

WMA is now preparing the 2009 Local Farms and Farm Markets Directories for Franklin, Somerset and Oxford Counties.
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Franklin County Energy Report: Opportunities and Barriers to Increased Energy Efficiency and Adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies by Small Businesses and Community Facilities in Franklin County
In early 2008, with generous support from the King & Jean Cummings Charitable Trust Fund at the Maine Community Foundation, CEI launched a research effort in collaboration with the Western Mountains Alliance to assess the opportunities and barriers facing rural businesses and community institutions interested in implementing energy efficiency and/or renewable energy systems in Franklin County.

News and Happenings:
The ADVOCATE Newsletter

Western Maine Legislative Caucus

Farm Energy Partners Network

Harvesting Clean Energy:A technical assistance program

Imagine Western Maine - Presentation by Laurie Lachance of the Maine Development Foundation (pdf 4.92 MG)

Tutorial - Unheated Greenhouses: Their Construction and Year Round Uses (pdf 8.48MG)

Workshops and events around the western Maine region.

Western Mountain Alliance and Mountain Counties Heritage, Inc receive 2007 Noyce Award for Non-Profit Excellence.

• 12% of Maine's total population
• 12,000 square mile region
• 8 million acres of productive forestland
• 960 lakes and 650 square miles of inland waters
• 575 mountains over 1000 feet in elevation