Our Katahdin is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization working to promote community and economic development in the Katahdin region. The core of Our Katahdin is a website for people who love the Katahdin region and believe in its future. Our Katahdin is a connector -- pulling together ideas, people and money to move our community forward.
We welcome you to learn more about our three main areas of focus:
Community Development, Entrepreneur Development and Industry Development.
Get involved! Check out our Community Projects, Submit Ideas of your own, and Spread the Word to your social networks.
LET'S CONTROL OUR NEXT CHAPTER
To date, Our Katahdin has been crowdsourcing donations. Many of you have donated to our community projects. This is awesome! Now, we are getting ready to provide you with an opportunity to invest in the local region as well.
Why are we doing this? We believe the Katahdin region is ready for community and economic development. Community development requires donations. Lots of them. Economic development requires investment.
We don’t want our future to be owned solely by other people. We want each of us, the people of the Katahdin region, to be able to own part of our future. Welcome to the vision of “Our Katahdin Capital”!
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"INVESTING IN MAIN STREET, INSTEAD OF WALL STREET"
Community Projects
Our community leaders have been busy!
The Winterfest 2016 project is a collaboration of the Fin and Feather Club of Maine, the Katahdin Area Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Timber Cruisers Snowmobile Club in an effort to raise funding for television commercial production and air time for the area's annual Winterfest!
The Spruce-Up Committee is a group of local volunteers whose purpose is to identify small projects that will improve the general appearance of the tri-town area. If we want businesses and individuals to relocate to the Katahdin region, let's make our towns as attractive and well-kept as possible.
Recent News
Millinocket, Maine - Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc. (SME) on behalf of the property owner Our Katahdin (OK), will receive bids for a Brownfields Cleanup of the former Great Northern Paper (GNP) Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Lagoons in Millinocket, Maine (the “Site”), until May 31, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. local time.
Our Katahdin is seeking a qualified Construction Manager for the renovation of a vacant two-story building of approximately 10,500 square feet at 230 Penobscot Avenue in Millinocket. The project is supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Penobscot County, and Eastern Maine Development Corporation. The project will consist of exterior finish replacement, interior renovations, and new space configurations on two floor levels and upgrades to the building's mechanical, electrical and water services. OK is requesting proposals from qualified Construction Managers to execute the project.
The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development and Maine Department of Environmental Protection have awarded Our Katahdin a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund award in the sum of $1,000,000 to support redevelopment of Wastewater Treatment Plant Lagoons on the former Great Northern Paper mill in Millinocket, Maine. Our Katahdin is requesting proposals from qualified environmental professionals to assist with implementation of the grant-funded cleanup.
Responses Due by:
April 5, 2024 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
PUBLIC NOTICE
OUR KATAHDIN PUBLIC MEETING
CLEANUP OF THE GNP WASTERWATER TREATMENT LAGOONS
Our Katahdin will hold a public meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2024 using video conferencing to discuss the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Brownfields-funded cleanup of the former Great Northern Paper (GNP) Mill Wastewater Treatment Lagoons. A link to the meeting will be posted no later than noon on January 11, 2024.
OUR KATAHDIN – FORMER GREAT NORTHERN PAPER MILL – #6 FUEL OIL TANK FARM & RAIL CORRIDOR CLEARING PROJECT – TREE CLEARING/GRUBBING
Our Katahdin will hold an on-site pre-bid meeting at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, November 21, 2023. Our Katahdin was awarded an EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant for the #6 Fuel Tank Farm & Rail Corridor and is seeking a contractor to remove small trees and vegetation from the area, presumably chipping the bio-mass, and hauling the chips away from the site. All bidders are encouraged to attend a non-mandatory pre-bid walkthrough on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. Please meet at the One North Poplar Street gate at the intersection of Route 11 and the Golden Road.