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Tourism & Recreation
Feds award $2.5M to BigRock Mountain for new chairlift
The existing lift is over 50 years old. The new lift will feature technology such as a touchscreen interface that eases system operations and maintenance.
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Hospitality groups propose $800M recovery plan for Maine's tourism industry
June 12, 2020The plan, announced Friday morning, would use money from Maine's $1.25 billion federal CARES Act allotment, and would have to be approved and administered by the state.
June 12, 2020
Maine's storied guide businesses may be lost amid pandemic
June 12, 2020Maine Guides, responsible for an iconic sector of Maine’s tourism industry, are seeing a steep decline in business. And some may never rebound from the impact of the public health and economic crisis.
June 12, 2020
Lodging workforce can now get online COVID-19 training and checklist help
June 11, 2020Designed to follow the state's COVID-19 precautions checklist for the lodging industry, the course, administered by Eastern Maine Community College, is similar to one launched late last month for food service workers.
June 11, 2020
Maine DMR issues reopening guidance for recreational boating industry
Updated: June 11, 2020As the state gradually reopens sectors of its economy under strict guidelines, the Department of Marine Resources has issued COVID-19 checklists specific to recreational boater services.
Updated: June 11, 2020
Ashland area launches economic development corp. to foster job growth
June 10, 2020The nonprofit will work to expand jobs, recreation and economic opportunities for the region, and is led by seven business and civic leaders with longstanding ties to the Aroostook County town.
June 10, 2020
King pitches bill to boost maintenance at Acadia National Park, spurring jobs
June 10, 2020U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, spoke before the Senate Tuesday in favor of the Great American Outdoors Act, which includes King's Restore Our Parks Act and would address the nearly $12 billion national parks maintenance backlog.
June 10, 2020
COVID-19 calendar: Virtual golf replaces pro tourney; bicentennial events pushed back
June 9, 2020Maine's first professional golf competition in decades has been postponed, but a virtual event will raise funds for the hospital that had been slated as the pro tourney's beneficiary. The state's 200th anniversary will be celebrated during its 201st.
June 9, 2020
Testing alternative for Maine visitors 'as bad as the quarantine,' tourism industry says
June 9, 2020The new Keep Maine Healthy plan eases restrictions for visitors from New Hampshire and Vermont, but other out-of-staters will have to quarantine, get a negative test result before coming or be tested in Maine, none of which sits well with the
June 9, 2020
New Portland Downtown chief aims for vitality in uncertain times
June 5, 2020Cary Tyson, new executive director of the nonprofit downtown improvement district, brings experience in downtown revitalization, public service, community development and partnership building.
June 5, 2020
Maine outdoor rec startups collaborate to get more consumers outside
June 4, 2020Startup TreeFreeHeat has signed its first distribution deal with Back40, a fellow Maine startup that operates an e-commerce site for outdoor gear rentals.
June 4, 2020-
State plan would allow some to bypass quarantine, but lodging industry says it's not enough
June 3, 2020As Maine works on a plan to to allow some visitors to bypass the quarantine, a newly formed group of hotel and motel owners is asking the state to consider its own safety guidelines plan, and to lift the requirement immediately.
June 3, 2020 
Spruced up Spruce Point Inn adapts its marketing to the times
June 2, 2020Spruce Point Inn in Boothbay Harbor is hoping to attract Maine residents through staycation packages. The idea has been used after 9/11 and during the 2008-09 recession, when many Americans opted to vacation closer to home.
June 2, 2020
Despite pandemic, Saddleback resort relaunch remains on track
Updated: June 1, 2020Major upgrades to Saddleback Mountain, the ski resort in Rangeley, remain on track despite the pandemic. A Saddleback-led group is focusing on workforce attraction and finding ways to support local communities.
Updated: June 1, 2020
With Acadia preparing to open, Bar Harbor wonders if visitors will come
May 29, 2020As Acadia National Park prepares to begin a gradual reopening on June 1, businesses and others in Bar Harbor are gearing up to address new community needs created by the pandemic.
May 29, 2020
Restaurant reopenings will be limited to outdoor seating in three Maine counties
May 28, 2020An increase in hospitalizations and COVID-19 cases in Cumberland, York and Androscoggin counties alters the restaurant reopening plan, days before it was set to go into effect.
May 28, 2020
Waterville business leader Bill Mitchell is coping with the crisis — but optimistic
Updated: June 1, 2020Mitchell runs three very different businesses in the city, and all have been affected by the pandemic. He told Mainebiz it's led to him to realize, more than ever, the importance of customers, and renewed his confidence in Waterville.
Updated: June 1, 2020
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