FOUR DIRECTIONS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (FDDC) IS A NATIVE AMERICAN CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (CDFI) LOCATED IN ORONO, MAINE SERVING THE FOUR WABANAKI TRIBES IN MAINE: HOULTON BAND OF MALISEET INDIANS, MI'KMAQ NATION, PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE AT PLEASANT POINT, PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE AT INDIAN TOWNSHIP, AND THE PENOBSCOT NATION. THIS INVESTMENT WILL ASSIST FDDC IN THE PREPARATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (CEDS) AND A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR A PROPOSED WABANAKI CONSORTIUM CONSISTING OF THE FOUR TRIBAL NATIONS.