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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
The project is certainly gaining momentum. Check out this Fox22/ABC7 report for more info: Whitewater recreation project gaining momentum
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
Skowhegan, Maine—The Somerset County Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Committee and Somerset County Commissioners recently awarded $40,000 from the Community Benefits Fund for the Run of River Whitewater Recreation Area. Run of River is a proposed whitewater park and …