Economic gains have been undermined by the highest inflation rates in four decades, according to a new report from the Maine Center for Economic Policy.
The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development has appointed Brian Whitney, president of Maine Technology Institute, and Todd Keiller, director of intellectual property and innovation at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, to its board of directors.
The Portland-based curbside composting company Garbage to Garden bested a field of over 80 prospective startups to win the $100,000 top prize at the inaugural Greenlight Maine competition on Friday night in Portland.
The Maine Department of Economic Development will help entrepreneur competition Greenlight Maine at least double its purse to $200,000 in season two, and expand its reach in the state with the aim of also creating more jobs in the state.
The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and Coastal Enterprises Inc. are among 25 awardees nationwide sharing $10 million under the Economic Development Administration's 2015 Regional Innovation Strategies program.