$2,500 Grant & New Renderings On the Way
Run of River received a $2,500 grant from a donor-advised fund through the Maine Community Foundation. Many thanks to this philanthropic individual! The Run of River Committee has hired Pepperchrome, a firm from Portland that designed renderings for …
Research Trip to Columbus, Georgia Whitewater Park
Main Street Skowhegan Executive Director Kristina Cannon and Skowhegan Town Manager Christine Almand traveled to Columbus, Georgia in September 2019 to learn more about the downtown Chattahoochee River whitewater park designed by McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group—the architect Skowhegan …
Main Street Skowhegan Team Assists with Run of River Data Gathering
Gathering riverbed data in Skowhegan’s Kennebec River Gorge has long proven to be a difficult task. Water velocity and flows—both of which will make the gorge an ideal location for a whitewater park—make traveling up the gorge tricky …
Research Trip to Bend, Oregon and Boise, Idaho Whitewater Parks
Main Street Skowhegan Executive Director Kristina Cannon and Skowhegan Town Manager Christine Almand took a trip to whitewater parks in Bend, Oregon and Boise, Idaho, in July 2019 to learn more about in-river surf waves and the increasing …
Quimby Family Foundation Awards $20,000 Grant to Run of River
The Run of River Whitewater Recreation Area was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Quimby Family Foundation to fund next steps of the whitewater park project. The grant was awarded as part of the 2019 Quimby Family Foundation …
Skowhegan Outdoor Recreation Update – June 2019
Greetings from Skowhegan! With lots of great things happening and momentum building, we thought it was due time for us to start sharing regular updates about Skowhegan’s vision for community transformation through outdoor recreation. This vision consists of …
Anonymous $31,000 donated to Run of River; total raised now exceeds $1.56 million (Press Release)
Skowhegan, Maine—An anonymous donor recently gave $31,000 for the Run of River Whitewater Recreation Area, a proposed whitewater park and expanded trails network that will be located in and around the Kennebec River Gorge in downtown Skowhegan. The …
Grants to help Main Street Skowhegan get residents outdoors
Full-time AmeriCorps members will help implement the Skowhegan AmeriCorps Outdoor Recreation Program. Thanks to Doug Harlow for this article about it: Grants to help Main Street Skowhegan get residents outdoors
Whitewater recreation project gaining momentum
The project is certainly gaining momentum. Check out this Fox22/ABC7 report for more info: Whitewater recreation project gaining momentum
County, town moves kick off $4.9M Skowhegan Run of River project
Article from MaineBiz – thanks for sharing the news about the $40,000 gift from Somerset County, Maureen! County, town moves kick off $4.9M Skowhegan Run of River project