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July 28, 2025
Focus on Real Estate/Construction/Design

Portland at a crossroads: Downtown safety tensions taking a toll on small businesses, real estate

Renee Cordes

Storefront vacancies in the Congress Street corridor reflect the economic costs of the city's homeless problems, but some new businesses are also moving in.

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    Made in Maine: Pancake mix made in Skowhegan

    Alexis Wells

    Maine Grains pancake mixes feature organic wheat, organic buckwheat, organic spelt, organic rye, organic malted barley, and organic corn in three different pancake mix flavors.

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    Newsworthy people and performances for July 28, 2025

    A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care institutions, banks and professional services firms in Maine.

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    Ask ACE: What is greenwashing, and how can we avoid it?

    Carrie Green Yardley, Yardley Esq. PLLC

    Marketing carries legal risks — especially the risk of greenwashing by making misleading environmental claims. Greenwashing can damage reputations, trigger lawsuits and violate federal and state consumer protection laws.

  • Editor's note: Digging into what’s needed

    Peter Van Allen

    The debate over how to revive the Congress Street corridor in Portland will not be settled overnight. But I have a modest proposal.

Today's Poll

How are you keeping your event calendar manageable?
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Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

In this post-pandemic world, people are feeling stretched thin with overbooked calendars and a never-ending list of events to attend.

In the past couple of years, new events have been added to the must-attend list, including Northeastern University's Roux Institute, which teamed up with the Maine Technology Institute for a new event series, "Breakthrough Maine."

Other upcoming business events in Portland include "Eggs & Issues: Seriously, Another Hotel?!" on Oct. 16, hosted by the Portland Regional Chamber, Maine Community Bank's 2025 LaunchPad Live Event on Oct. 21 and the "13th Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Summit" on Oct. 28.

And don't forget the 2025 Mainebiz 40 Under 40 celebration on Nov. 6. 

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