by maineseacoast | Sep 17, 2020 | Downeast Maine Tiny House Project, Housing Rehabilitation, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Scott Shaw
Maine could benefit from more initiatives like the Downeast Tiny House Project, a collaborative effort among nonprofit organizations and a technical high school located in Massachusetts to build a 560-square foot home – fueled only with a woodstove and ductless heat pump – for a disabled veteran in Milbridge. Photo courtesy of Downeast Community Partners.
TheMaineMonitor.org
Cottage Industry: Small wood homes yield big climate benefits
Maine could get a large economic boost and provide critically needed housing by manufacturing compact, highly efficient homes.
BY MARINA SCHAUFFLER | SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
A single small home, lifted onto a foundation in Milbridge last month, could signal big housing changes ahead. Confronted with scant affordable housing and mandates to reduce carbon pollution, Maine needs to re-envision how home construction happens – from the constituent elements and the building process to the carbon emissions produced.
A draft strategy proposed by the Maine Climate Council’s buildings, infrastructure and housing working group recommends…highly efficient homes built primarily with wood that generate as much electricity as they use (for appliances, heating and cooling) through solar power – either rooftop panels or participation in a community solar farm.
The innovative spirit needed to navigate this housing transition is embodied in the “Downeast Maine Tiny House” recently transported to Milbridge from Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough, Mass., where students customized the building for a disabled veteran.
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by maineseacoast | Sep 17, 2020 | EdGE, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Thank You Thursday
It’s Thank you Thursday. Today’s shout out of Mission love goes to Jaime Weir and Colleen Maynard for their extraordinary work on behalf of the Mission’s Ed Greaves Educational (EdGE) programs.
Mission Development Associate Anna Silver said of the two, “I have been working on the Maine Seacoast Mission’s EdGE Tennis Tournament with Jaime Weir and Colleen Maynard for over six years. Colleen and Jaime take time out of their busy summer schedules to help me plan the Tournament each year. The Mission would not be able to have this fundraiser without their enthusiastic and generous support,” said Anna.
The EdGE Tennis Tournament, now in its 16th year, supports the Mission’s educational program.
“Jaime and Colleen organize the teams, and plan the schedule for Tournament day. Along with Mission friend, Dan Granholm, they have run tennis clinics for the EdGE kids. It is a favorite EdGE field trip!” continued Anna.
“They are two of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure of working with,” she said.
This is what community looks like.
The 16th Annual EdGE Tennis Tournament
EdGE Educational Programs
by maineseacoast | Sep 15, 2020 | Downeast Campus, EdGE, Maine Seacoast Mission, News
With Covid-19 in play, we want to measure family interest before finalizing our EdGE afterschool programming for this year. With enough family interest, we plan to launch the EdGE afterschool program around October 12th. Exact date to be announced as soon as possible.
For schools able to offer a modified EdGE program this Fall, we will closely align EdGE with each school’s protocols and procedures.
At this point, the EdGE afterschool program is open to students attending schools during the day in person. We are unable right now to provide programming to home schooled and remote learning students.
Here is the timeline of EdGE applications and possible start dates:
EdGE afterschool program registration started this week of September 14th. The registration deadline is October 1, 2020. This year it is more important than ever for applications to be turned in by the October 1st deadline so we can determine how and whether to offer EdGE programs in our schools.”
NOTE: We strongly urge families who can, to please register using our online application. Here’s the application page link.
Please direct questions to Isaac Marnik, Interim Director of EdGE at imarnik@seacoastmission.org or 546-4466.
by maineseacoast | Sep 14, 2020 | Downeast Campus, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Scott Shaw, Weald Bethel Community Center
CHERRYFIELD, ME — Downeast Campus Facilities Manager Scott Shaw sends this photo of a painting newly displayed in the Weald Bethel Community Center.
Scott writes the, “Schoodic Prince donated to the Community Center by artist and volunteer Cynthia Huntington” of Tunk Mountain Arts & Crafts in Cherryfield. Cynthia’s painting, writes Scott, is the “perfect size and ambiance in our Community Center.”
Learn more about our Weald Bethel Community Center.
by maineseacoast | Sep 10, 2020 | John Zavodny, Maine Seacoast Mission, News, Thank You Thursday
It’s Thank you Thursday. Today’s shout out of Mission love goes to Mount Desert 365 in Northeast Harbor.
The decision to sell the Mission’s longstanding home, La Rochelle, at 127 West Street, Bar Harbor demanded a second important decision: where would be the Mission’s next home? After meeting with the good people at Mount Desert 365 we knew we had found our new home at their new building downtown Northeast Harbor.
“Mount Desert 365 is a community-based organization promoting long-term economic vitality of Mount Desert, Maine, through expansion of sustainable year-round residential communities and economic revitalization of commercial districts,” says MD 365’s website.
“Beyond the place where we live, work, and raise our families, community is the connection with neighbors, a shared appreciation for the natural beauty that surrounds us, and a sense of commitment towards mutual prosperity, communal health and well-being, and civic pride through engagement,” Mount Desert 365 tells us.
This is what community looks like.
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by maineseacoast | Sep 8, 2020 | Island Outreach, News
NORTHEAST HARBOR, ME — I wanted to bring this news story to your attention. Tuesday, September 1, Sage Dentremont, a current senior at MDI High School and a Swan’s Island resident, swam six miles — Swan’s Island to Bass Harbor — to raise money for other Swan’s Island kids to take swim lessons at the Ellsworth YMCA.
The $10,000-plus Sage raised will help pay for ferry tickets and swim fees at the YMCA.
Sage is an amazing young person. She attended the Mission’s middle school retreat while still an island student, and as a high school student, she participated on the retreat Q & A panel. She is just a great kid!
Here is the Fox News story and video.
I wanted to celebrate her accomplishment and generosity towards others. To add to Sage’s fundraising visit her GoFundMe page.
Douglas Cornman
Mission Island Outreach Director & Chaplain
