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SoPo’s mojo: Retail development takes off in South Portland
Renee Cordes Updated: January 24, 2022Retail development is booming in the state's fourth-largest city, from walkable waterfront neighborhoods to the sprawling shopping plazas of the Maine Mall area.
Renee Cordes Updated: January 24, 2022
Bullish on Sanford: Former mill town diversifies with a range of industries
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 24, 2022Businesses in this York County city now include high-tech manufacturers for biotechnology and life sciences, precision manufacturers, and service providers in health care, information technology and engineered materials.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 24, 2022
MEREDA 2022: Maine real estate forecasters take center stage at Portland event
Renee Cordes Updated: January 20, 2022The 2022 edition of the annual event is taking place all day Thursday at the Cross Insurance Arena and online.
Renee Cordes Updated: January 20, 2022
Top Gun names 24 Maine startups for 2022 accelerator program
Renee Cordes Updated: January 19, 2022Participants represent a variety of sectors, from snowmobile technology to salt farming, and come from four regions of the state.
Renee Cordes Updated: January 19, 2022
10 Maine ag businesses to share $2M in USDA grants
Renee Cordes January 13, 2022A total of $2,027,149 in funding has been awarded to 10 Maine agribusinesses and farms through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Value-Added Producer Grant Program.
Renee Cordes January 13, 2022
Small arts projects in Maine the focus of $150,000 in fed funding
Renee Cordes January 11, 2022Nine Maine creative economy endeavors by organizations from Portland Stage Co. Inc. to the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Newcastle have been awarded $150,000 in federal funding.
Renee Cordes January 11, 2022
Roux Institute picks 5 startups for residency program
Renee Cordes January 7, 2022All five companies selected for the 2022 program have BIPOC or female founders, the Roux Institute announced on Monday.
Renee Cordes January 7, 2022
On the Record: Fintech entrepreneur Leslie Hyman aims to reinvent how rent is paid
Renee Cordes Updated: January 10, 2022The co-founder and CEO of rent-payment provider Circa talks about the startup's business model, her experience in the Roux institute Techstars Accelerator program, and why she's moving her business to Maine.
Renee Cordes Updated: January 10, 2022
South Portland animal-health startup gears up for international expansion
Renee Cordes January 5, 2022Four years after it was founded, ElleVet Sciences launches a medicinal paste for stressed cats and opens an Amsterdam office for international expansion.
Renee Cordes January 5, 2022
Gift from hotel group to help MDI housing trust build affordable homes
Staff Updated: January 5, 2022The hotel group’s donation goes toward the trust’s $3.5 million campaign, which aims to complete a 10-home affordable housing neighborhood on Bar Harbor’s outskirts and to advance other programs.
Staff Updated: January 5, 2022
20 Maine leaders offer New Year's resolutions for 2022
Renee Cordes Updated: January 3, 2022Maine business leaders from across their state share their lofty goals for the new year.
Renee Cordes Updated: January 3, 2022
Six affordable homes in Kennebunkport near completion, 19 more proposed
Laurie Schreiber Updated: December 29, 2021Donated land, institution grants and governmental funding sources were key to the project. A housing trust formed in 2019 found support totaling nearly $400,000. Now the group is looking to raise $500,000 for more homes.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: December 29, 2021
From Preble Street to planetary PR: 10 feel-good stories from 2021
Updated: December 29, 2021To close 2021, Mainebiz presents 10 of the most uplifting stories we reported over the year.
Updated: December 29, 2021
FAME honors businesses, lenders, individuals 'At Work for Maine'
Staff December 22, 2021The Finance Authority of Maine's annual “At Work for Maine” awards, which recognize contributions of businesses and others to the state, were presented virtually for the second year.
Staff December 22, 2021
Nonprofit buys Yarmouth boatyard to preserve working waterfront
Laurie Schreiber December 22, 2021The sellers wanted to see it the yard remain as a working waterfront. The buyers plan to address infrastructure challenges and create a business incubator and marine business hub.
Laurie Schreiber December 22, 2021
Maine loggers to get $12M in federal COVID relief
Renee Cordes Updated: December 16, 2021Funding will come from the $200 million Pandemic Assistance to Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program, created by the Loggers Relief Act in 2020.
Renee Cordes Updated: December 16, 2021
Today's Poll
Poll DescriptionSponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank
With the official end of summer this past weekend, we're taking a look back at how the season unfolded.
Back in early August, we asked how the summer tourism season was going — and at the time, the majority of respondents told us it could be better. And remember, the season started very rainy and ended amid a drought.
Now that the season has wrapped up, we're checking in again to see how things ended. Did things improve? Did tourism pick up later in the summer, or did the season fall short of expectations?
The Giving Guide
The 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.
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Work for ME
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.
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Groundbreaking Maine
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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The Giving Guide
The 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.
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Work for ME
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.
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Groundbreaking Maine
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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