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A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at Maine businesses, nonprofits, health care institutions and professional services firms.
A decade ago in Portland, hotel rooms were under construction, national retailers were joining area malls and housing prices were starting to soar. Yet Maine's largest city was just starting to become a hot destination.
The number of clean energy jobs in Maine has surpassed 15,000, increasing faster in the state than anywhere else in New England, a report shows.
To help draw national retailers, restaurants and local businesses to the site, the Downs development team has hired Wilder, a Boston-based company with more than 40 properties in 10 states.
The new development utilizes modular components, wood-fiber insulation from TimberHP and financing from MaineHousing — similar to a project that opened recently in Somerset County.
The goal is to ease some of the financial burden of housing-related nonprofits that are "the boots on the ground," according to the foundation's chair.
A $10,000 Backing Small Businesses grant will help build inventory. An advantage of 150 Main St. was that the interior could be designed from scratch.
The project helped diminish the potential for overflow and contamination following excessive rain and reduced the amount of sludge produced at the plant.
The Dennysville club dated back to 1936. In the 1950s, members built the clubhouse themselves. In recent months, contractors saved what they could from the dilapidated structure.
The center is in the heart of a half-square mile area identified by data showing where 23% of all crimes committed by youth offenders in Auburn took place.
When completed inn 1949, the 126,000-square-foot building was the largest arch roof structure in the country, capable of servicing two B-36 bombers simultaneously.
The closure of the branch, in Bangor, follows the shut-down of two others earlier this month.
An effort to "ReCode" Portland's zoning is a good start, but guest columnist Tom Landry, a real estate broker and developer, suggests the changes could go further.
Maine's all-time high median sales price of $406,000 for June surpassed the previous high of $398,250 recorded in May.
The waterfronts damaged in January will receive funding to cover a wide range of needs, from rebuilding damaged wharves to repairing fuel and electrical systems.
SMRT Architects & Engineers recently moved to larger space in the Queen City.