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How Much Stimulus Funding is Going to Your County?

Penobscot County, Maine, funds by Commerce, Department of

Listing $19,720,000.00 in stimulus funds from Commerce, Department of for Penobscot

Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM $12,420,000 National Institute of Standards and Technology Construction Grant Program Construction of a 20,000 sq. ft. testing facility. This is a companion project to a project from the Department of Energy to design, test and demonstrate the use of off-shore wind platforms for power production. National Institute of Standards and Technology 1/08/2010
PENOBSCOT RIVER RESTORATION TRUST $7,300,000 Habitat Conservation This award will be used for on-the-ground river restoration activities (construction, engineering, and management) to remove the Great Works Dam, in Old Town, Maine. The dam is a critical barrier to fish passage on the largest watershed within Maine. Rem National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 6/24/2009