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Economic Development
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Axiom lands $700K grant to close 'digital divide' in eight Maine counties
August 13, 2018Machias-based Axiom Education and Training Center received a $699,503 AmeriCorps grant from the Maine Commission for Community Service to support 16 AmeriCorps workers who will provide digital literacy training.
August 13, 2018
Downeast Institute completes its $6.6M expansion
August 13, 2018Downeast Institute in Beals hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of its new $6.6 million expansion that includes a state-of-the-art shellfish hatchery.
August 13, 2018
Facebook poll highlights pro-and-con views surrounding $40M Saco Island project
August 8, 2018Developers of The Waters Saco Island project have turned to Facebook as their project nears votes not only by the Saco Planning Board but also the Saco River Corridor Commission.
August 8, 2018Anchorspace coworking expands to Ellsworth
August 8, 2018A new coworking space recently opened in Ellsworth at 53 Oak Space, currently occupied by two businesses with room for six more.
August 8, 2018
SBA's regional director touts programs to boost rural Maine
August 1, 2018SBA's regional New England Administrator Wendell Davis drove up from Boston last week to see what Our Katahdin was up to at the shuttered Great Northern Paper mill site in Millinocket. He toured the mill site and then sat down with representatives
August 1, 2018
Brooklyn-based owner pulls the plug on popular Portland food lab
August 1, 2018Fork Food Lab in Portland — a two-year-old company that was among the successes cited in the Greater Portland's redesignation as one of the country's Manufacturing Communities for Food Production — will close in September.
August 1, 2018
Coalition outlines top priorities of Maine businesses for the next governor
July 27, 2018Maine will need to invest $100 million to upgrade the state's broadband in coming years, according to a report that's based on a survey of 1,000 business leaders.
July 27, 2018
Poland Spring selects Lincoln for water source
July 27, 2018Poland Spring has signed a contract with the Lincoln Water District to buy water from the town's Bella Luna spring. Nestlé-owned Poland Spring also had explored locations in Chester, Fryeburg, Greenbush, Howland, Passadumkeag and Rumford
July 27, 2018
Deloitte issues 'due diligence' report on Nordic Aquafarms' $150M project in Belfast
July 26, 2018A report by the international consulting firm Deloitte concludes that the Norwegian company planning to build the Nordic Aquafarms' land-based aquaculture facility in Belfast has gained “significant competence” at its production facilities in Norway
July 26, 2018
As congregations shrink throughout Maine, former church properties get new life
July 23, 2018In Maine and elsewhere, the Catholic Church is consolidating and closing property in the face of shrinking parishes and growing expenses. That's creating opportunities for developers, who are finding ways to make those properties — most of it well-
July 23, 2018
Community hub envisioned for Belfast waterfront property
July 22, 2018The purchase of two adjacent waterfront properties on Front Street in Belfast is envisioned as a prime opportunity for creating an attractive commercial hub and further enhance the town as a destination.
July 22, 2018Fowler suddenly leaves as Aroostook chamber director
July 20, 2018Theresa Fowler, executive director of the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce for 10 years, suddenly left that post on Thursday.
July 20, 2018
MTI, Biobased Maine issue last call for 'emerging forest technologies'
July 18, 2018The Maine Technology Institute and Biobased Maine have issued their last call in their “request for information” from emerging forest industry technologies that would like to be considered for investment awards that will be made this fall in MTI's “
July 18, 2018$228K in federal grants awarded to two farms for business development
July 17, 2018Two Maine farms have been awarded a total of more than $228,000 in federal grants to expand operations and launch new product lines.
July 17, 2018
Bangor company receives $1M federal grant to advance its growth
July 16, 2018Activas Diagnostics in Bangor has received a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further its work on a diagnostic sleep monitoring system as well as develop a plan for scaling up its commercial potential.
July 16, 2018
Former L.L.Bean senior VP picked to lead Maine Center Ventures
July 16, 2018A seasoned business leader with a strong entrepreneurial background has been selected to be the first ongoing CEO of Maine Center Ventures, a new tax-exempt entity developed as part of Maine Center for Graduate and Professional Studies.
July 16, 2018
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