From 2012-16, fewer than a third of working-age Mainers with a disability were employed, compared to 80% employment for others, according to the Maine Department of Labor. But a number of Maine employers are countering that trend by offering jobs to people with disabilities.
The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland received a $250,000 grant from Bank of America Foundation for the planned construction of a new 30,000-square-foot facility on Thompson's Point.
Bangor Savings Bank will renovate a former Bank of America building on Main Street in Biddeford, with plans to open a new branch with business offices in 2018.
Bank of America has donated $45,000 over three years to Portland Adult Education to support classes for new Mainers seeking their first job in the United States.
TD Bank, KeyBank and Bank of America have closed branches in Cumberland County over the past decade, while community banks like Gorham Savings Bank, Bangor Savings Bank, Camden National Bank and Norway Savings Bank have stepped up their presence in the market.
When Ashland, Mass.-based OnProcess Technology announced Monday that it had signed a lease to open a new service center in Belfast's former MBNA campus, it marked the beginning of a new chapter for the business park.