February 10, 2020 EditionEdition

🔒Elizabeth McLellan is bringing hospitals’ ‘golden trash’ to countries in need

Mainebiz talked with the founder and president of a Portland nonprofit that's looking for more than a bandage solution to the global health care crisis. She's looking for EKG machines, too.

🔒How to keep your retail business competitive in 2020

A guest expert explains five practical steps retail businesses can take this year to build sales and drive momentum for the next holiday season.

🔒Letters: Outdated advice in the #MeToo era; reaction to Hydro-Quebec column

Readers respond to two recent columns: advice from "Ask ACE" on dealing with an arrogant boss, and a "Politics & Co." look at Hydro-Quebec's support of the proposed Central Maine Power Co. transmission corridor.

🔒Southern Maine’s ever-evolving business climate

While this issue focuses on southern Maine, there’s a recurring theme in some of these stories. Maine’s real...
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🔒Why do I need to work on my leadership skills?

A contributor from the Association for Consulting Expertise advises a reader to never, ever stop honing leadership skills.

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for Feb. 10, 2020

The Mainebiz roundup of businesses and businesspeople that have been making changes in recent weeks. Check out our compilation of new hires, promotions, accomplishments and more.

🔒Saco’s seafood cluster: Location, affordable space are netting new businesses

With easy transportation access, plentiful real estate and a business-friendly environment, parts of Saco are becoming a hub for more of Maine's seafood processors and distributors.

🔒Building a community: Manufactured home residents go co-op

With housing options for low and moderate-income residents in York County increasingly sparse, some of them banded together to take some control over the situation. The co-op they formed is part of a growing trend.
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🔒At The Downs in Scarborough, a ‘live-work-play’ community is rising

The 525-acre site, which once supported a nearby harness racing track, is seeing a different type of competition as businesses jockey to develop the mixed-use complex.

🔒A $90M bet on Biddeford aims to turn an empty lot into an urban ‘pearl’

As Portland gets more crowded and expensive, Biddeford has attracted new businesses and new life to its former textile mills. The latest development hotspot: the site of a former waste-to-energy incinerator.
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