Three addresses. One idea.
A storefront in the middle of town. Six acres on the edge of it. And a piece of land that will one day be somewhere a young adult can afford to live.
Farmington, Maine
The store & makerspace.
A real gift store on a real Main Street, open to the public, run in large part by people who aren't old enough to drive to it. Maine-made goods and ethically sourced products, work by CES youth, and whatever the makerspace turned out that week.
Behind and above it: sewing machines, a laser engraver, 3D printers, a heat press, worktables, and the long table where the cohort meets.
The Changemaker campus.
CES acquired the parcel with support from the Genesis Community Loan Fund. Today it holds raised beds that feed community food access work, the Tiny Home, a paver pad the youth crew laid themselves, gardens, a fire pit and event space.
Next: a mixed-use marketplace and shops, a teaching kitchen and food incubator, a community and coworking center, and outdoor learning and gathering space. A federal planning year funded the design work and finished in spring 2025.
Somewhere to actually live.
The Tiny Home proved the point: young adults in this county need housing, and this community will build it if someone organizes the build. Temple Road is where that goes next — a community housing site, planned as part of the same five-year picture as the campus.
It's early. It's also the whole reason the Tiny Home wasn't a one-off.
Rent the space.
The Whittier Road event space — gardens, fire pit, open ground — is available to book. Every booking goes straight back into youth programming, which is a nicer thing to say about a venue fee than most venues can manage.
To check availability, call 207-779-1779 or email us with your date and roughly how many people you're expecting.
The store & makerspace
156 Main Street
Farmington, ME 04938
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Changemaker campus
157 Whittier Road
Farmington, ME 04938
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Community housing site
Temple Road
Farmington, ME
In planning
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