Community Foundations Highlight their Support for the Center

The Center is honored that the Vermont Community Foundation and the Maine Community Foundation each recently promoted our work and their investments that help make it possible.

The Spruce Street Housing Project in Greenville, ME

Helping to meet rural Maine’s middle-market housing needs using innovative mass timber construction. 

Center Helps Fund 19 Community Outdoor Recreation Projects

The Center awarded more than $70,000 in grants to support projects that reduce barriers for participation in outdoor recreation.

New Trails Create Easy Access from Lancaster Town Center

The Center and the local Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate opening more than 5 miles of new trails in Lancaster, NH.

Why We Invest: Roger and Margot Milliken, Maine

A Fresh Focus: People and Place Roger Milliken’s connection to the Northern Forest Center runs deep—just like his roots in [...]

Creating a Community Forest in Otisfield, Maine

In partnership with the Western Foothills Land Trust and Otisfield Conservation Commission, the Center has kicked off the public planning process for the creation of an 85-acre Community Forest in western Maine.

Gehring House Opens in Bethel, Maine

A festive crowd gathered to celebrate the opening of nine apartments in the Gehring House in Bethel, Maine.

Municipal Leaders Share Short Term Rental Regulation Successes

Four town officials discuss their communities' unique approach to regulating short-term rentals (STR) in Northern Forest Center webinar.

Bike Borderlands Expands to 16 Mountain Bike Trail Networks

The Center-led Bike Borderlands mountain bike network collaborative is doubling from 8 to 16 member networks, including destinations in New York state for the first time.

Ribbon-cutting Celebration Marks Opening of Northern Forest Center’s Downtown Apartment Building

The Northern Forest Center opened nine new apartments and two new commercial spaces in its renovated building in downtown St. Johnsbury, Vermont, adding to middle-market housing available.