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Economic Development
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Three top Maine metro areas see slow GDP growth
September 22, 2016The Portland, Bangor and Lewiston areas all received poor grades for their 2015 growth of gross domestic product, which measures the output of the metro area's goods and services.
September 22, 2016Maine income grows, but outpaced by nation
September 19, 2016Maine is lagging behind the nation in its growth of median income, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
September 19, 2016$15.5K funding will aid Somerset County tourism, economic development
September 16, 2016The Somerset Cultural Planning Committee won two grants totaling $15,500 to craft a tourism plan and boost economic and community development in Somerset County.
September 16, 2016
How To: Create a working business plan
September 5, 2016Many small business people think of the business plan as that thing they had to do to obtain financing for their business. While that is one way to describe a business plan, it isn't the right one. Business plans are not something that should be
September 5, 2016Maine's latest hot spot? Bucksport
September 2, 2016A growing Main Street business community, low real estate prices and its proximity to Belfast, Bangor and Ellsworth is leading to a resurgence for the town of Bucksport.
September 2, 2016
Brunswick Landing tops projected job growth
September 1, 2016Officials from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority say the creation of 1,200 new jobs at Brunswick Landing is double the number of jobs originally projected to be created at the former home of the Brunswick Naval Air Station at this stage
September 1, 2016
Pair of new businesses open in downtown Fort Fairfield
September 1, 2016The recent opening of two new businesses on Main Street in Fort Fairfield is the latest development of the Village Square building since the 20,000-square-foot building was purchased by Josh Cheney and Leigh Smith in 2015.
September 1, 2016$290K in fed grants to support, create 160 jobs
August 24, 2016Five Maine organizations have been awarded a total of $290,000 in grant funding through the USDA Rural Development Rural Business Development Grant program to assist in economic development, and the creation and support of an anticipated 160 jobs
August 24, 2016
Sale of Bangor block a cornerstone of downtown revitalization
August 22, 2016“The city is excited to see this piece of the downtown, which has been a little dark, really come alive,” Tanya Emery, Bangor's community and economic development director, told Mainebiz.
August 22, 2016
Eight Maine companies make Inc.'s 'Fastest Growing' list
August 19, 2016Landry/French Construction Co. and Tilson Technology Management are joined by six other Maine companies in Inc. magazine's annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies across the country.
August 19, 2016
MCED names Gooding's permanent replacement
August 16, 2016The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development announced on Tuesday that Thomas Rainey has been appointed the executive director of the organization, effective Sept. 6.
August 16, 2016Cooperative farm to be launched by Somali immigrants
August 10, 2016Four Somali Bantu farmers have started New Roots Cooperative Farm in Lewiston.
August 10, 2016
Women to Watch: Andrea Cianchette Maker finds common ground in policymaking at Pierce Atwood
August 8, 2016It's easy enough to rattle off negatives about Maine's economy, but Andrea Cianchette Maker deliberately takes a different approach. As leader of Pierce Atwood's government relations practice group and co-chair of FocusMaine, an economic development
August 8, 2016Maine tourism office awards $57K in grants
August 2, 2016The Maine Office of Tourism awarded grants totaling $57,675 to seven groups in the most recent round of the Tourism Enterprise Marketing Grant program.
August 2, 2016
Cloudport CoWorking puts $30K into innovation initiative
August 1, 2016Venture Hall, a new startup and innovation initiative in Portland, will get more than $30,000 of in-kind investment from boutique Cloudport CoWorking MultiSpace, Venture Hall co-founder Jess Knox told Mainebiz.
August 1, 2016Maine's economy comes out swinging in first quarter
July 28, 2016There's good news for Maine from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, which looked at the gross domestic product of the country: The state made it into the top 10 in economic performance for the first quarter of 2016.
July 28, 2016
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