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Here is a curated collection of snippets from interviews with business and nonprofit movers and shakers published in 2024.
317 Main Community Music Center, a nonprofit organization building community through music, has hired Graeme Kennedy as its next executive director.
The new contract gives all full-time museum employees a minimum salary of $50,000.
The Portland-based coffee wholesaler and retailer will give $15,000 in grants to the art projects, using funds raised through customer purchases.
'The Ghost Trap,' released Nov. 1 on streaming platforms and select theaters including the Colonial in Belfast, is faring well with Maine audiences.
Functional installations of large instruments in public parks are something of a trend. The Riverwalk Rhythm project was installed last summer in Bath. Now Brewer has its own music park.
The Portland Symphony Orchestra has hired Elizabeth Kane as director of artistic operations.
The waterfront museum, which dates to the 1950s, has hired Kevin Daly Architects.
Ebenezer Akakpo, who works out of a studio in Westbrook and has a retail store in Portland, incorporates Adinkra symbols from his west African homeland into designs for jewelry, apparel and other objects.
Karlë Woods, co-director of Lights Out Gallery in Norway, has had a lifelong interest in fine art — making it, studying it and enjoying it, she says.
Daniel Sipe is a co-founder of Lights Out Gallery in the Oxford County town of Norway.
Reed McLean is among three 40 Under 40 honorees creating the Lights Out Gallery space in Oxford County.
The Hopeful Ellsworth Initiative completed a fundraising campaign that raised $40,000 to bring the "Hopeful" sign to downtown Ellsworth.
The area is bustling and has become more so. In recent years, over $200 million of investment, along with help from tax incentives, has transformed the downtown.
Maine College of Art & Design in Portland has expanded its leadership team and added four new members to its board of trustees.
Auburn-based Platz Associates has been hired to design a campus for the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in Farmington.
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Small Business Saturday, the annual tradition that encourages shoppers to support local, independent retailers and entrepreneurs, marked its 16th rendition on Nov. 29, with events held across the nation.
Founded by American Express in 2010, the yearly event has become an essential part of the holiday shopping season. The Small Business Administration became the official co-sponsor in 2011.
Last year, shoppers turned out in full force to support their local communities, generating an estimated $22 billion in spending at small retailers and restaurants.
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Learn moreThe Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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