Increasing visitor numbers and climate change are the park’s two primary challenges as it looks to the future. Visitor numbers are expected to stay strong this year.
Passenger traffic through Maine's largest airport was almost back at pre-pandemic levels last summer. But time will tell if the recovery is there to stay, and when more business flyers may take to the skies.
Slow-but-steady growth and a diverse industry have been a hallmark of the industry for many years, sustaining it through economic downturns, the pandemic and other challenges.
Lon Cardon, president and CEO of the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, sees the year ahead as a time when bioscience can deliver on the promise of improving human health — as the industry strives to in the face of COVID-19.
David Stone, with a track record of successful startups, says while inflation could be a major challenge this year, business leaders may find opportunity amid chaos.
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.
The Portland Fish Exchange's general manager sees a tough year ahead with fewer vessels in the fleet, more restrictions on fishing areas and a labor crunch tightening crews.
Derek Fassett, HospitalityMaine’s director of education and workforce development since September, predicts a banner year for a sector hammered by COVID.
Cannabis, work-from-home, suburban flight, and craft beverages continue to drive industrial vacancy to all-time lows. Lack of space has resulted in a spike in lease rates and increase in spec-builds.
Robust interest in Maine’s great outdoors is sparking a wave of startup activity and newcomers to the Maine Outdoor Brands nonprofit trade alliance, whose membership has grown 60% since the start of the pandemic.
The real estate market has been hot in the past two years, and within that values of multi-family homes have soared, driven by investors looking for investment properties where they can also live.
Philanthropist Jonathan Ayers shares his prediction for fundraising at global conservation organization Panthera, whose board he shares, and his bullish outlook for the U.S. economy.
Susan Ruhlin, managing director of Dirigo Labs, says the organization's accelerator program slated to begin in March will have a "very robust curriculum."
The co-founder and CEO of rent-payment provider Circa talks about the startup's business model, her experience in the Roux institute Techstars Accelerator program, and why she's moving her business to Maine.
The advertising industry has worked closely with clients to retool their marketing in the past two years. The consumer brands that have survived and thrived have demonstrated "serious grit," says one agency owner.
