February 9, 2009 EditionEdition

Real Estate & Construction

An optimist gambles on high-profile properties | CEO Stephen Goodrich believes investing in landmark properties today will pay off tomorrow

Stephen Goodrich, first of all, wants you to know he’s no big-deal real estate developer. A go-with-your...
Real Estate & Construction

Projecting properties: MEREDA’s annual forecast conference steels real estate professionals for a rough 2009

It’s going to get worse before it gets better. That phrase wasn’t what attendees wanted to hear,...
Small Business

A Democrat among us | How the most Republican town in Maine suffered a setback

Once again, we were all gathered at our usual table down at the diner the other morning...
Real Estate & Construction

Opportunity knocks | Maine should embrace federal and state stimulus packages even with the deficit

On Jan. 27, voters in Dover-Foxcroft decided to increase the debt limit of their local water district,...
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Professional services

In Short from Feb. 9, 2009 | A roundup of new hires, promotions, accolades and appointments from Maine’s business community

New hires OA Centers for Orthopaedics recently appointed Stanley Skolfield as the program manager for The...
Small Business

Help yourself | What grassroots economic success in Lewiston-Auburn can teach all of us

There were riots in the city of Dongguan, China, last month. More than 1,000 people participated after...
Banking & Finance

Earnings watch | It’s that time again, when the hard truth of last year’s business performance is laid bare in year-end earnings figures. A...

It’s that time again, when the hard truth of last year’s business performance is laid bare in...
Professional services

Business incorporations from October 2008 | A selection of Maine business limited liability companies registered in October 2008, supplied by the Office of the...

10 Shaker Road LLC, Lewis Holman, 298 Maine St., Yarmouth 04096 ...
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Nonprofits

Delayed reaction | Despite hits to endowed assets, 2009 grant-making won’t suffer much. Watch out for 2010, though.

Like their counterparts nationally, Maine’s largest foundations have lost as much as 30% or more of their...
Energy & Utilities

Energy projects target Wiscasset | Will Wiscasset undergo an energy renaissance?

A quiet dirt road in Wiscasset leads to the site of what was once the state’s sole...
Small Business

Canadian joe | A conversation with Nick Northcott, founder of North Cottage Coffee in Damariscotta

Founded: February 2008Employees: One in winter; four in summerStartup costs: $185,000Projected revenue, year one: $150,000Projected revenue, year...
Real Estate & Construction

Developer sees future in historic buildings | Developer Tom Niemann says there are plenty of historic development opportunities in Maine. If you’re tenacious.

Tom Niemann initially wasn’t pleased to visit the state where he now does substantial business, but not...
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Agriculture

Real estate data from Feb. 9, 2009 | Building permits, sales and leases from the Feb. 9, 2009, issue of Mainebiz

Building Permits Augusta (December 2008) $650,000, 26 Gabriel Dr., Copy Center, building construction, contractor: N/A...
Real Estate & Construction

Lynch pin: Entrepreneur finds success in luxury home market | An entrepreneur turns his sights from Wall Street to Easy Street, finding a ripe...

To the casual observer, Chris Lynch’s timing couldn’t have been worse. The 46-year-old Bates College graduate founded...
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