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The Portland conference, held for the first time since 2019, offered sessions on a range of topics and networking events for budding and wannabe entrepreneurs.
“It’s particularly exciting to have our team be able to work in person together again, which we haven’t done since March of 2020,” said MANP’s executive director.
With longtime Maine leader Matt Tonello stepping aside to focus on client relations and initiatives in mass timber, Dave Thomas will take over the director of operations for the Portland office.
Much of the development focuses on Saco and Biddeford, and includes mixed-use, retail, multifamily and industrial properties, according to a report from Malone Commercial Brokers.
The grants will go to Treeline Inc. in Chester, Godfrey Forest Products LLC in Jay and Tanbark Molded Fiber Products in Saco.
Pottery classes are hot stuff now, and Portland Pottery expanded its capacity to hold classes and offer studio space by taking over space in the East Bayside neighborhood.
The spring conference of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association on Wednesday drew 300 people to the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland.
Ally Fuller specializes in new construction and development of high-end homes and large subdivisions. Will Fuller participated in $1.3 billion in sales volume across six years.
Cloudport Coworking plans to open a second hub, occupying an entire floor of 16 Middle St., the building that also is headquarters for Tilson.
New housing construction and improvements are the goals of federal funding programs for year-round and seasonal domestic farmworkers.
Founded by philanthropist Wendy Schmidt and her husband, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the program researches climate change challenges and explores adaptive and imaginative solutions.
The program capitalizes on UMaine’s research capabilities and USM’s proximity to prospective industry partners in Portland.
SoulBeing, led by founder Colleen Kavanagh, connects employers with alternative health and wellness care providers as a benefit for employees.
Work included renovation and expansion for an administrative wing, program staging area and food pantry with increased storage and flexible community space.
Last year’s auction raised over $24,000. The goal this year was to surpass that figure.
Conroy-Tully Walker Funeral Homes has begun construction of a new facility at 300 Allen Ave. in Portland’s North Deering neighborhood.
“It’s a highly desirable segment,” broker Dennis Wheelock said of properties leased to the USPS. The Bryant Pond location includes a 14-foot-tall sculpture of a hand-crank telephone.
The brand, created by Maine College of Art graduates, evolved from “a bedroom venture” with a mission to empower marginalized individuals through fashion and design.
Loggers are excluded from disaster relief available to other industries. Proposed legislation would unlock federal assistance for damage from high winds, fire, flooding, insect infestation and drought.
A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, professional services firms and health care facilities in Maine.
Educate Maine Executive Director Jason Judd draws on his teaching background to inform his work at the Portland-based nonprofit with a statewide impact.
Vinyl never truly went away. It’s outlived the iPod, cassettes and now CDs. A new generation is discovering vinyl, and some small businesses in Maine are welcoming the old-school audiophiles.
Small Business Development Centers in Maine recorded one of their highest numbers of business starts during 2023. “I think the pandemic caused a lot of people to rethink things," says Maine SBDC Director Mark Delisle.