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January 27, 2020 EditionEdition

🔒How to widen your network and sell more real estate

To be successful, real estate agents must possess a set of foundational skills common in any top salesperson. A guest expert writes about what they are, and how to develop them.

🔒GO Lab’s insulation might be the right product at the right time, and in the right place

An innovative insulation technology is bringing new life to a paper mill in Madison, shuttered since 2016. The mill's new owner expects to eventually employ 130 workers there.

🔒Express medicine sites take off in Maine, fueling business for developers, builders

Urgent care, a growing field of on-demand health care, is opening up opportunities in Maine for entrepreneurs, builders and developers. The state had 45 urgent care clinics at last count, and more are on the way.

🔒The $32M deal: Turning a failed student dorm into 200 workforce apartments

The repurposing of a student residential complex, built in 2008 but with limited success since then, may help Portland address the "missing middle" in its housing needs.
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🔒Landry/French snags big contract with WEX expansion

Landry/French will manage construction of WEX’s $50 million operations center, Bowman and Benchmark are both busy, and the MEREDA conference gives a temperature reading on residential real estate.

🔒With CMP’s effort stalling, Hydro-Quebec steps up campaign for transmission corridor

Central Maine Power Co. has taken some public relations hits in the past two years. But its biggest challenge may be trying to convince Mainers of the value of its proposed transmission corridor.

🔒Maine’s real estate and development industry keeps chugging along

Listening to the speakers at the recent MEREDA event, the outlook conference that's annually among Maine's most significant...

🔒How to deal with an arrogant boss

A contributor from the Association for Consulting Expertise advises a reader on strategies for coping with arrogance in a manager.
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🔒Alli Harper, of OurShelves, doesn’t want kids to judge a book by its cover

Harper, whose online startup sells children’s books featuring diverse characters and inclusive themes, talks about how she began, plans for 2020, and the importance of experimenting.

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for Jan. 27, 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.
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