Spring 2025 ASK Grant Program
The 2025 Spring ASK Grant Application is now open as of Wednesday, February 19th 2025. Applications are due on Wednesday, March 26th 2025 by 5:00PM.
LCRPC plans to award up to five (5) ASK Grants this spring for a municipal and/or community project in need of specific technical assistance, such as preliminary engineering/design, economic research, architectural or environmental planning, etc. that will help solve a municipal issue or complete an important town project. Towns are encouraged to work with other towns on a joint project, should this be an effective and practical approach to a common issue.
The funding priorities remain the same as in previous ASK opportunities:
1. A town public infrastructure or facility
2. Business attraction or retention
3. Local health and safety issues
The award amount for 2025 ranges from a minimum of $250 up to a maximum of $5,000.
Questions? Please call (207) 882-4271. Applications may be emailed to erabbe@lcrpc.org, mailed to the LCRPC, 297 Bath Road, Wiscasset, ME 04578, or delivered to our office. Please call or email if you have questions.
Go HERE for application details.
Learn more about the ASK Grant past recipients below, and here!
Past ASK Grant Recipients:
2023:
Boothbay Harbor: Assess the feasibility, cost, and public benefit of solar panel installation on
municipal buildings.
Nobleboro: Design recommendations to address traffic safety at the Nobleboro Central School.
Waldoboro (Spring Round): Assist with redevelopment planning at the former Sylvania site.
Waldoboro (Fall Round): Assist with engineering study to extend municipal water.
2022:
Alna: Design assistance for safety improvements at Pinkham Pond, including parking, pedestrian
traffic, and vehicular movement.
Nobleboro: Engineering design/technical assistance for the Cotton Stream culvert.
Waldoboro: Designing trail loops and concepts for the Quarry Hill Preserve.
2021:
Monhegan: Engage legal counsel to make Monhegan Water Company a fully public entity.
Southport: Assess brining year-round water to the Town Office.
Waldoboro: Assess potential for a community solar farm and architectural technical assistance
for designing a community center.
Westport: Funding assistance for a geotechnical fire cistern site evaluation on the WVFD
property.
2020:
Alna: Technical assistance with determining site suitability for solar panel instillation.
Edgecomb: Engineering study for improvements to the Town Office.
Wiscasset: Engage consultant for assistance with negotiating long-term lease agreements and
NET Energy Billing agreements proposed for the solar project at the Wiscasset Municipal
Airport.
2019:
Bremen: Planning services for a play/recreation area.
Edgecomb: Development of a comprehensive Edgecomb brochure by the Edgecomb Economic
Development Committee (EEDC).
Monhegan: Fund Year 2 of an Island Institute Fellow working on the municipal broadband
infrastructure construction project.
Waldoboro: Survey to identify the need/support for public transportation.