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Next 2017: JB Turner oversees Front Street Shipyard's impressive revival of Belfast's working waterfront
October 2, 2017A good day, says Front Street Shipyard President JB Turner, is when he's working on “some kind of fun project with a good group of people. Everything goes well, there are no stumbling blocks and the employees are not unhappy.”
October 2, 2017Baileyville and Calais to establish state’s first internet utility
September 26, 2017As part of Calais and Baileyville's effort to attract residents and businesses, the two municipalities have agreed to form the state's first interlocal fiber optic internet utility.
September 26, 2017Yarmouth hires new economic development director
September 25, 2017Yarmouth has hired Scott M. LaFlamme as its new economic development director.
September 25, 2017Joint development pact advances $40M Lincoln Mill redevelopment
September 22, 2017Tim Harrington of LHL Holdings LLC and Eric Chinburg of Chinburg Properties announced their partnership to redevelop the Lincoln Mill in downtown Biddeford.
September 22, 2017With funding in place, FocusMaine hires its first full-time leader
September 20, 2017FocusMaine, an economic development effort launched by business leaders two years ago, has has hired its first president.
September 20, 2017Skowhegan launches second Entrepreneur Challenge
September 18, 2017Skowhegan's Entrepreneur Challenge, which this year offers more than $23,000 in benefits and incentives for the winning entrepreneur, opened Friday.
September 18, 2017
FEMA woes heighten concerns about Kennebec Valley flood zone insurance
September 12, 2017Rising flood insurance rates, pushed higher by recent storms nationwide and expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program, is already having an effect on development in the flood-prone Kennebec River cities of Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner.
September 12, 2017
MCED names two R&D veterans to its board
September 8, 2017The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development has appointed Brian Whitney, president of Maine Technology Institute, and Todd Keiller, director of intellectual property and innovation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, to its board of directors.
September 8, 2017
Brunswick a semi-finalist for 2018 Great American Main Street Award
September 5, 2017The Brunswick Downtown Association is one of 10 semifinalists for the 2018 Great American Main Street Award by Main Street America.
September 5, 2017USDA's $300K in grants to foster job creation in rural Maine
September 5, 2017Six Maine economic development organizations and towns will get a total of $296,000 through U.S. Department of Agriculture grants designed to boost job creation in rural areas.
September 5, 2017New Waterville interchange drawing traffic, commercial interest
September 5, 2017A month-old Interstate 95 interchange in Waterville is drawing traffic as well as increased commercial interest in the previously hard-to-get-to southern section of the city.
September 5, 2017Pine Tree Development Zone program comes under fire
September 4, 2017An independent review of the state's Pine Tree Development Zone program concluded that its current design doesn't support the original goal of encouraging job creation and economic development in distressed areas of the state.
September 4, 2017Entrepreneurs going 'as fast as we can'
September 4, 2017Startups are the lifeblood of a growing economy, and Maine has more than its share of entrepreneurs.
September 4, 2017
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center helps 'new Americans' start their businesses
September 4, 2017Alain Nahimana, a Burundi native who studied economics and speaks six languages, knows what it's like to arrive in this country and start over without a support network.
September 4, 2017State hits pause button on 'business friendly' community program
August 30, 2017Applications for designation as a “business-friendly” community under the state Department of Economic and Community Development's Certified Business Friendly Community program have slowed, prompting the LePage administration to take a hiatus in
August 30, 2017MTI wants to know: How would your company spend $1M to create jobs?
August 24, 2017Maine Technology Institute, which received $45 million of the $50 million research and development bond approved by voters in June, is soliciting proposals from Maine companies and organizations considering R&D investments that will drive
August 24, 2017
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