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9. The sum of $3,000,000 for grants through Working
Waterfronts Conservation Program to leverage $3,000,000 in
matching funds;

 
10. The sum of $5,000,000 to furnish and outfit the new
bioscience building at the University of Southern Maine with
laboratories and equipment to leverage $1,200,000 in federal
funds;

 
11. The sum of $6,000,000 to build the University of Maine
cold water aquaculture marine science facility to leverage
approximately $10,000,000 in federal funds;

 
12. The sum of $4,000,000 to outfit the Laboratory for
Surface Science Technology clean room facility at the
University of Maine with state-of-the-art nanofabrication
tools and instrumentation to leverage $4,000,000 in federal
grants and contracts for research;

 
13. The sum of $3,000,000 to renovate Camden Hall on the
University of Maine-Bangor campus for a graduate school for
biomedical science;

 
14. The sum of $2,000,000 for capital costs and equipment
for the career center facility at the University of Southern
Maine's Lewiston-Auburn College;

 
15. The sum of $1,000,000 for education loan repayment
incentives through the Finance Authority of Maine to retain
and recruit skilled workers in Maine;

 
16. The sum of $3,000,000 for recapitalization of the
Economic Recovery Program through the Finance Authority of
Maine;

 
17. The sum of $1,000,000 for the development of the
Sunrise Business and Career Center in the Town of Jonesboro;

 
18. The sum of $4,000,000 to provide funds for the
development of affordable workforce housing and downtown
housing and for weatherization and home repair in
anticipation of an additional $9,000,000 in other public and
private funding; and

 
19. The sum of $1,000,000 for family and elderly housing
options for Native American tribes through the Four
Directions Development Corporation to help attract
$1,000,000 in federal funds."


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