Ginny Hussey is general manager of the Canopy by Hilton Portland Waterfront, whose amenities include the Luna Rooftop Bar, Salt Yard Café & Bar and a "retail wall" to showcase products by local businesses.
Across the state, expansions are planned, underway or recently completed, and range from new rural clinics to Maine Medical Center’s 300,000-square-foot Malone Family Tower in Portland.
The higher costs of bringing in short-term nurses was especially necessary during the pandemic. But Maine’s hospitals continue to struggle with those costs just to meet the ongoing labor shortage.
Forced to become more resourceful, some of Maine’s smaller hospitals are finding ways to invest in upgrades and even expansions as well as address the shortage of doctors and nurses.
One of the landmark changes was the redevelopment of the site that's now home to the Ocean Gateway, which in turn allowed for more cruise ship visits. But not everyone was a fan of the having more foot traffic.
