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Economic Development

  • Organic waste reuse company's Unity expansion touts job creation

    Staff September 30, 2016

    Thirty new jobs and $4 million in economic investment will be coming to Unity, following the announcement by Canadian-based Envirem Organics that it plans to open its first U.S. facility in the town.

    Staff September 30, 2016

  • Report: Immigrants key to addressing Maine's workforce woes

    Staff September 23, 2016

    A new report from the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and the Maine Development Foundation says that attracting immigrants to the state is necessary to deal with Maine's workforce, which is projected to decline as employees retire, with too few

    Staff September 23, 2016

  • Penobscot Nation tribal member, immigrant advocate join MCF board

    September 22, 2016

    The Maine Community Foundation, which works to improve the quality of life for Mainers, elected two new board members, one a Penobscot National tribal member and the other an advocate for Muslims and other immigrants.

    September 22, 2016

  • Three top Maine metro areas see slow GDP growth

    September 22, 2016

    The 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, 2016

  • Maine income grows, but outpaced by nation

    September 19, 2016

    Maine 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

    Staff September 16, 2016

    The Somerset Cultural Planning Committee won two grants totaling $15,500 to craft a tourism plan and boost economic and community development in Somerset County.

    Staff September 16, 2016

  • How To: Create a working business plan

    Stephen Lovejoy September 5, 2016

    Many 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

    Stephen Lovejoy September 5, 2016

  • Maine's latest hot spot? Bucksport

    September 2, 2016

    A 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, 2016

    Officials 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

    Staff September 1, 2016

    The 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.

    Staff September 1, 2016

  • $290K in fed grants to support, create 160 jobs

    Staff August 24, 2016

    Five 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

    Staff August 24, 2016

  • Sale of Bangor block a cornerstone of downtown revitalization

    Laurie Schreiber 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.

    Laurie Schreiber August 22, 2016

  • Eight Maine companies make Inc.'s 'Fastest Growing' list

    Kevin Steeves August 19, 2016

    Landry/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.

    Kevin Steeves August 19, 2016

  • MCED names Gooding's permanent replacement

    Staff August 16, 2016

    The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development announced on Tuesday that Thomas Rainey has been appointed the executive director of the organization, effective Sept. 6.

    Staff August 16, 2016

  • Cooperative farm to be launched by Somali immigrants

    August 10, 2016

    Four 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

    James McCarthy August 8, 2016

    It'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

    James McCarthy August 8, 2016

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Do you support an increase in Portland's minimum wage?
Poll Description

The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.

The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $20 per hour within four years. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)

The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour. 

While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins. 

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