Harold Alfond Foundation
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PublishedJune 27, 2024
Maine’s community colleges receive $75 million grant to expand short-term workforce training
The donation was made by the Harold Alfond Foundation to build on the success of existing programming that the organization believes can help ease Maine's labor shortage.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2024
Alfond Foundation donates $80 million more for UMaine athletic facility upgrades
The gift, which comes on top of $90 million the foundation awarded to the university in 2022, will go toward building a new complex for soccer and track and field, expanding the Shawn Walsh Center and adding a new multipurpose practice facility.
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PublishedJune 29, 2023
MaineGeneral Health seeks to expand Augusta cancer center, with $36 million project up for review
Officials said the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care is seeing many more patients than anticipated when it was built, and demand for services is projected to continue increasing.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2023
Alfond Scholarship Foundation launches awareness campaign
Ten years after every child born in Maine became included in the fund, many are not aware it can help their children.
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PublishedApril 1, 2022
UMaine raises $3 million as part of plan to upgrade athletic facilities
The private donations are part of an ambitious fundraising drive to complement a $90 million gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2021
Fans will return to UMaine sporting events in the fall
School officials are ending their ban on spectators that has been in effect during the pandemic.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2021
UMaine will become one of the few colleges with a 300-meter track
In its master plan to upgrade athletic facilities, UMaine opted to discard its outdoor 400-meter track in favor of a shorter indoor track.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2021
UMaine unveils $110 million plan to upgrade athletic facilities
Officials believe the ambitious project, which is funded mostly by a gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation, will provide a boost to the school's recruiting efforts.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2021
Hotel opening, $11.2 million revitalization project among plans for this year in downtown Waterville
The Lockwood Hotel completion by Colby College is just one of many projects expected to occur this year in downtown Waterville, including the completion and opening of the Arts Collaborative across Main Street from the hotel.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2021
Planning underway for statewide UMaine engineering college
The initiative, funded with a $75 million investment from the Harold Alfond Foundation, will build on existing programs to add capacity and opportunities across the University of Maine System.
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