Valley, Carrabasset Of Town

Valley, Carrabassett Of Town is a U.S. local government entity—specifically the Town of Carrabassett Valley, Maine—that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient for airport infrastructure modernization and maintenance projects, and as a sub-recipient for special education and emergency-management trail and facilities repairs routed through Maine state agencies. The Town operates as a municipal entity without federal contract prime or subcontractor capacity; all federal transacting flows through grant programs administered by the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The Town's primary federal footprint centers on airport infrastructure under FAA programs. Recent prime grant awards include $303.7 thousand from the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) on July 28, 2025, for Phase 1 design of runway reconstruction on Runway 17/35 at Carrabassett Valley Airport (completion July 27, 2029); $282.9 thousand also under Airport Improvement on July 24, 2025, for airport master plan updates (completion July 23, 2029); $207 thousand under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) on August 6, 2026, for installation of an Automated Weather Observing System III with obstruction removal in the current phase (completion August 5, 2030); and $132.2 thousand under Airport Improvement and COVID-19 relief provisions on August 29, 2023, for pavement crack repair and marking on Runway 17/35, Taxiway A and B, and the terminal apron area (completion August 28, 2027). An earlier American Rescue Plan Act economic-relief grant of unspecified amount issued January 6, 2022, funded operational and pandemic-response costs at the airport through January 5, 2026.

All work is performed in Kingfield, Maine. The Town serves as sub-recipient on special education grants from the Maine Department of Education, awarded November 25, 2025, September 30, 2025, July 29, 2024 (twice), to provide special education and related services to children ages three through twenty with disabilities. The Town also receives sub-awards from the Maine Emergency Management Agency for repairs to outdoor recreation facilities: Narrow-Gauge Pathway repairs (January 31, 2025), repairs to two trails including Outdoor Center Trail and Narrow-Gauge Bike Trail (November 12, 2024), and tennis court repair at Riverside Park (November 6, 2024). The FAA's New England Region accounted for thirteen of twenty-nine total awards in the recent portfolio, with the FAA more broadly representing eighteen of twenty-nine awards. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $3.9 million, concentrated in airport capital and maintenance grants. Award activity has increased modestly—one award each in 2022 and 2023, four in 2024, five in 2025, and one in 2026.