Maine Sea Grant

Documents Related to the Series:

• Working Waterfront Resilience Workshop Series Report: Notes from all three events assembled into one document, including: notes from welcoming remarks, speaker presentations, resource fair contacts, and closing remarks.
• Slide decks (includes all presenter slides)
  • Machias slide deck
  • Portland slide deck
  • Belfast slide deck
• A recording of the Belfast workshop is available to view online. Although the presenters in each region varied a bit by workshop, the presentations they delivered were consistent across the entire series. The information contained in this recording is representative of what was shared at each location.
• Contact sheets for each event, includes presenters, resource people, and organizers.
  • Downeast Presenter Contact info
  • Southern Presenter Contact info
  • Midcoast Presenter Contact info
• Engineering & Consultant Firm Contact Info. This list was assembled for the February 2026 Working Waterfront Resilience Workshop Series. It is not a comprehensive list and will continue to evolve as we learn of additional engineering and consultant firms working in this space.
• Resources for Working Waterfront Resilience. Includes a diversity of resources, including: funding, emergency management, municipal and business planning tools, tools for coastal land owners, social resilience and more. This resource document was initially created and shared during ten Storm Response Convenings that were held in 2024-2025 and was updated for the 2026 workshop series. This document will continue to be updated and is intended to be used and shared broadly.
• Storm Response Convenings 2024-2025: by way of historical information, the findings from this separate past series were made available at the 2026 workshops: Final Summary Notes and Key Takeaways

About this Workshop Series

This workshop series seeks to help working waterfront communities, including public and private entities that own, manage, or use waterfront infrastructure like piers and wharves, gain access to resources available for infrastructure resilience and protection.

All municipal officials, municipal committee members, residents, and members of the public are invited. This workshop series will be especially useful to: municipalities, commercial and private property owners of wharves, piers and other waterfront infrastructure; harbor masters, municipal managers/planners, select boards, harbor and shellfish committee members; regional planners; fishing, aquaculture, tourism, and other marine industries; community volunteers, non-profits and others.

Experts from regional planning organizations, government agencies, nonprofits and support organizations will be on hand to present information and to offer 1:1 and group advising. Bring your questions and come ready to learn from others and share your experiences.

Dinner and refreshments will be available!

We are offering this workshop in three locations. The workshops are free but we ask you to please register for food and planning purposes. 

• Downeast Maine. February 4, 2026. 4-7 PM (Lee Pellon Center – 90 Main St. Machias, ME 04654)
  • Snow date: 10 February
• Southern Maine. February 5, 2026. 4-7 PM (Gulf of Maine Research Institute – 350 Commercial St, Portland, ME 04101) AT CAPCITY – REGISTRATIONS CLOSED. Due to strong interest, registrations for this workshop are now closed. Thank you for understanding. We encourage you to register for one of the other two workshops. You can also use the registration form below to sign up to receive materials and resources after the workshop.
  • Snow date: 12 February
• Midcoast Maine. February 9, 2026. 4-7 PM (Belfast Boat House – 34 Commercial St, Belfast, ME 04915)
  • Snow date: 18 February