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Economic Development
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Middle market firms enter foreign markets cautiously, strategically: study
July 14, 2015Of the 619 middle market firms in Maine, only 19 are involved in exporting, according to a new study.
July 14, 2015
High speed ahead: South Portland joins Rockport in upgrading its fiber optic network
July 13, 2015Bob O'Brien, one of the owners of the Noyes Hall & Allen Insurance Co.
July 13, 2015Maine counties see negative business growth, average new building permits
July 13, 2015York County is doing better than other Maine counties in business growth, though all business growth in the state was in the red, according to a new study by SmartAsset, a financial modeling and technology company based in New York.
July 13, 2015
Burt's Bees co-founder Burt Shavitz dies
July 6, 2015Burt's Bees co-founder Burt Shavitz, who claimed last year that he was ousted by co-founder Roxanne Quimby, has died at the age of 80.
July 6, 2015Eight entrepreneurs get SCORE 'Success Awards'
June 26, 2015SCORE, the largest collaborative mentoring organization in Maine, handed out its “Success Awards” to eight entrepreneurs Thursday in a partner event with Maine Startup & Create Week.
June 26, 2015
Maine Medical Center Research Institute attracts top scientists, licenses discoveries
June 15, 2015When University of Maine, Orono, alumni knocked on Peter Brooks' laboratory door at New York University in 2001 to tell him he'd won the inaugural Maine Alumni Association Spirit of Maine Achievement Award for work reflecting the high standards of
June 15, 2015
Microsoft surprises 3 Top Gun finalists with $60K each in services; Rapport takes $10K prize
June 4, 2015Sustainability software company Rapport took the $10,000 prize at the Top Gun Showcase Wednesday night at the University of Southern Maine. What stole the show, however, was the extra $60,000 Microsoft Corp. ponied up for each of the top three
June 4, 2015CEI's Ron Phillips to step down in 2016
June 3, 2015Ron Phillips, CEO and president of Coastal Enterprises Inc., is planning to retire next year, nearly 40 years after he founded the nonprofit.
June 3, 2015Maine gets $2.3M to redevelop industrial sites
June 1, 2015Six Maine communities and groups are receiving $2.3 million in federal grants to assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties.
June 1, 2015
Aroostook County initiative touts potential of a 'forest products cluster'
June 1, 2015The Aroostook Partnership for Progress, a public-private organization created to spur economic development in Maine's northernmost county, is leading a grassroots effort to advance the forest products sector as a “cluster” with a strong potential
June 1, 2015FAME bills emphasize economic and workforce development
June 1, 2015In his first legislative session as CEO of the Finance Authority of Maine, Bruce Wagner says his message to lawmakers emphasized the agency's effectiveness in supporting the creation of good-paying jobs through its economic development and educati
June 1, 2015LePage backs out of helping Nova Star Cruises
May 26, 2015The widely held notion that Gov. Paul LePage would help Nova Star Cruises obtain a $5 million line of credit has been dispelled by the governor’s top economic development official.
May 26, 2015New firm expands CEI’s small business lending
May 14, 2015Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) has launched a new national firm that aims to lend up to $5 million to small businesses that can’t obtain loans from conventional sources.
May 14, 2015Developer loses court battle over failed project
May 14, 2015A Connecticut-based developer must pay the town of Wiscasset nearly $850,000 in back property taxes for a mixed-use project that never saw the light of day, a court has ruled.
May 14, 2015Maine Development Foundation CEO steps down
May 13, 2015Maine Development Foundation CEO and President Harold Clossey unexpectedly stepped down last month, the second top leadership change in two years.
May 13, 2015Former Wilton tannery to be redeveloped
May 7, 2015A proposal to redevelop a former tannery in Wilton is moving ahead after town officials approved the building’s sale to two brothers.
May 7, 2015
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