100 Katahdin Avenue, a recently renovated 3-unit building in Millinocket, Maine, is a prime example of the Center’s impact investment fund and work. It is providing quality, affordable housing for people seeking to create community and providing investors up to 2% returns.

Since late June, crews working on the Parker J. Noyes building renovation in Lancaster have uncovered timber trusses, a built-in safe, labeled drawers for organizing pharmaceuticals from the building’s first 100 years, and gears, shafts and gates from the old elevator.

We are finding inspiration from around the Northern Forest as businesses and communities grapple with a pandemic.

The Future Forest Economy Initiative awarded three grants that will drive a $1.7-million investment in the region’s forest economy, seeking to diversify markets for wood and wood products from the Northern Forest region

Plans are finalized and contractors are lined up to begin renovation of the historic 11,000-square-foot Parker J. Noyes building in Lancaster, NH, the Northern Forest Center announced today. Site preparation begins June 29, followed by interior demolition work. 

The Northern Forest Center today announced 10 towns and organizations that will

With the impending infusion of federal stimulus funds, we can position the rural economy for long-term prosperity and resilience and help the region’s communities reach their potential. To succeed, we need do more than funnel money through the same old channels.

The Maine West coalition helped coordinate an effort to resupply food pantries in western Maine that have been hit with increased demand due to job loss and financial hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Volunteers delivered the food to six pantries that serve 400 families in Rumford, Mexico, Dixfield, Peru, Canton, Byron, Roxbury, Andover, and Weld. 

The Lancaster Rotary Club and the Northern Forest Center have teamed up to ensure that all students at White Mountains Regional High School (WMRHS) and Groveton High School can access the internet to fully participate in the distance learning necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic.  

We're adapting programs to serve immediate needs during the pandemic and finding the space for growth and forward movement.