Federal budget deal includes millions for Maine projects

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 23, 2022

The massive federal spending package approved by Congress this week includes millions of dollars for more than 200 Maine-related projects and organizations, including:
• $1 million for Southern Maine Community College to buy a facility for Controlled Environment Agriculture and to start a certificate program in greenhouse management
• $2.7 million to dredge the Scarborough River
• $2.1 million for Portland Parks Conservancy to transform a parking lot into a 6-acre park