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V O L . X X V I I I N O. X V I I I A U G U S T 2 2 , 2 0 2 2 6 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a total of $19.7 mil- lion in Brownfields funds to 12 entities in Maine. The cities of Bath, Gardiner, South Portland and Waterville and the town of Gray each were awarded a $500,000 assessment grant and the city of Rockland received a $500,000 cleanup grant. In addition, Greater Portland Council of Governments and Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission each received $3.9 million in RLF Supplemental funding; Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments and Kennebec Valley Council of Governments were both awarded $1 million in RLF Supplemental funding; the Maine Department of Economic & Community Development received a $3.9 million RLF supplemental grant; and the city of Portland received a $3 million RLF supplemental grant. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the $2 million in funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and provid- ed through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Ferry Boat Program has been made available. A total of $1 million has been allocated to the state of Maine, $763,575 for Casco Bay Lines in Portland and $248,953 for the town of Frye Island ferry service. PCM Co., a construction consulting firm in Portland, was awarded the Facilities Construction & Design Cost Estimating contract with Florida State University to work with the university over the next three years on its upcom- ing construction projects. Town & Country Federal Credit Union in Scarborough said it contributed $20,000 through sponsorships and employee participation to the 2022 Tri for a Cure to support the Maine Cancer Foundation. Hospice of Southern Maine in Scarborough launched its "Grow Our Own" tuition reimbursement program to support health care workers looking to pursue a certified nursing assis- tant certification or registered nurse licensure. United Way of Southern Maine an- nounced it will invest $10.3 million into various community programs and initiatives in 2022. The National Institutes of Health announced a five-year, $20 million research grant to the MaineHealth Institute for Research in Portland and its partnering institutions, the University of Vermont and the University of Southern Maine, to expand the work of the Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research Network in improving com- munity health through biomedical research in rural New England. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Low and No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle Grant Program awarded Biddeford-Saco- Old Orchard Beach Transit $2 million to purchase two electric buses to replace two diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful lives. Norway Savings Bank donated $25,000 to the Falmouth Land Trust to help restore and refurbish the barn at Hurricane Valley Farm in Falmouth. TD Beach to Beacon race raises $70,000 for this year's beneficiary B y R e n e e C o r d e s C a p e E l i z a b e t h — As Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" blared over the loudspeaker at Cape Elizabeth's Fort Williams Park, the first athletes crossed the finish line at the TD Beach to Beacon 10K race, a live event for the first time since 2019. The race, which had 7,600 registered participants this year, was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic and held virtually in 2021. The Beach to Beacon was launched in 1998 by Cape Elizabeth native Joan Benoit Samuelson, the gold medalist in the first women's Olympic marathon in 1984. Larry Wold, Maine state president of race sponsor TD Bank, is a regular participant. "Now I'm done. I feel great," Wold told Mainebiz after his run. "We were confident the runners would come back," and pleasantly surprised that spectators also "turned out in force," he said. The 10-kilometer, or 6.2-mile, hilly course goes from outside Crescent Beach State Park on Route 77 to Fort Williams and the beacon that is Portland Head Light. The 2022 edition raised more than $70,000 for the Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness, a Portland-based nonprofit designated as this year's beneficiary. The amount includes $30,000 from TD Bank and $40,000 from participants, with the final total due to go up following related fundraisers for the beneficiary. TD Bank, which has 39 branches in Maine, is the state's largest bank by market share, with close to $5.7 billion in Maine deposits as of June 30, 2021. B U S I N E S S M A I N E Business news from around the state The TD Beach to Beacon 10K made its return after two years. B R I E F P H O T O / R E N E E C O R D E S Larry Wold, TD Bank's Maine market president, stops to talk to volunteers after completing the race on Aug. 7. N O T E W O R T H Y S T A T E W I D E S T A T E W I D E N O T E W O R T H Y S O U T H E R N S O U T H E R N

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