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Economic Development
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More than $9M awarded for broadband expansion
August 5, 2010Three telecom companies in Maine will receive more than $9 million in federal stimulus money to expand broadband service in Penobscot and Somerset counties.
August 5, 2010
Outdoor market vendors push for extended season
July 29, 2010Robin Corson got a call earlier this week asking if she'd bring an extra case of Bar Harbor Jam Co.'s hot pepper jam to today's Bangor Outdoor Market, the final day of the weekly downtown event that's brought craftsmen, artisans and musicians toge
July 29, 2010Details emerge on BNAS aircraft plans
July 29, 2010More details on an aircraft manufacturer's plans to open at the Brunswick Naval Air Station have been released, while other aspects of the base's redevelopment make progress as well.
July 29, 2010Group formally opposing Oxford casino
July 27, 2010A group of businesses and organizations, including Hollywood Slots, has formed to formally oppose an effort to bring a casino to western Maine.
July 27, 2010
Positioning for success | Despite the variables, Maine's key industries can prosper with three types of investments
July 26, 2010The economic and demographic challenges Maine faces today are serious: a rapidly aging population and work force; the slowest population growth in the nation; below average educational attainment, particularly relative to our New England neighbor
July 26, 2010
Money manager | The state's new finance chief dives into budget tumult
July 26, 2010Ellen Schneiter spent her second day this month as Maine’s new top budget official sending out curtailment notices to state departments, seeking to fill a $100 million shortfall. The wisecracks soon rolled in.
July 26, 2010Senate subcommittee approves $1M for Bangor arena
July 22, 2010U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced yesterday that an initial 2011 Senate appropriations bill has earmarked $1 million for Bangor's effort to build a new arena.
July 22, 2010State makes offer on MM&A rail
July 20, 2010The Maine Department of Transportation this week made a formal offer of $18 million to purchase the 233 miles of rail line Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway is seeking to abandon in Aroostook and Penobscot counties, well below the railroad's a
July 20, 2010New report targets business costs
July 20, 2010The Maine Development Foundation and Maine State Chamber of Commerce have issued a report on how to grow the state's economy based on an analysis of hundreds of previous economic development plans and a survey of 1,000 Maine businesses.
July 20, 2010Brunswick wins OK for TIF land purchase
July 20, 2010In a reversal of an earlier decision, the state now says Brunswick town officials can use revenues from a downtown tax-increment financing district to recover the costs of purchasing the Maine Street Station property.
July 20, 2010- July 12, 2010
How her garden grows | The newest offering at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens focuses on sprouts
July 12, 2010Perhaps it was a literary foreshadowing, but one of Maureen Heffernan’s favorite books from childhood was “One Morning in Maine,” by Robert McCluskey.
July 12, 2010All together now | Maine takes a regional approach toward a new breed of business incubation
July 12, 2010By the time this article is published, the Regional Cluster Alliance, a multi-state consortium of technology and entrepreneurship players throughout New England, will have submitted a proposal to the U.S.
July 12, 2010
All in | Why the business pros behind Black Bear Entertainment are betting on a casino in Oxford
July 12, 2010Along Route 26 in Oxford, where signs advertising local farmers’ native peas and strawberries scatter the roadside, the Burlington Homes of Maine plant sits neglected, weeds creeping up the sides of its faded blue corrugated metal.
July 12, 2010Charging ahead | Four factors to consider before you raise prices
July 12, 2010âAdvice Squadâ is written by members of the Maine chapter of the Association for Consulting Expertise, a trade organization of 88 consultants around the state.
July 12, 2010Leadership institute looking for 2011 class
July 8, 2010The Bangor Region Leadership Institute is recruiting for its 2011 class of business, public and nonprofit leaders after revamping its website last month.
July 8, 2010
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