October 14, 2019 EditionEdition

🔒Investors taking a liking to Biddeford

Biddeford’s proximity to Portland and other markets as well as its moderate real estate prices are getting the notice of investors, who are financing several downtown projects.

🔒Should housing be allowed on a key industrial corridor?

Rezoning will be required if a Portland developer is to build a 22-unit housing complex on Riverside Street, which he says "is where the new opportunities are." Plus other news from the construction scene.

🔒Coastal pockets of prosperity

Maine’s coastline is one of its biggest tourist draws and one of its most complex areas. This issue...

🔒Nicola Morris, WEX chief corporate development officer, talks mergers and more

Morris, whose responsibilities include leading WEX’s “small but mighty" mergers and acquisitions team, sat down with Mainebiz for an interview that’s excerpted here.
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🔒Newsworthy people and performances for Oct. 14, 2019

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

🔒Machias makes a comeback, after decades of decline

With a $5 million capital improvement campaign for its airport underway, another $5 million going toward a new banking facility, and new businesses coming to town, Machias is exuding a new sense of optimism.

🔒Born to be wild: New products and promotion get Maine wild blueberry industry back on track

Jasper Wyman & Son, a Milbridge-based fruit processor, is trying to shake things up in Maine's blueberry industry, which has been struggling to make a comeback after years of overproduction and low prices.

🔒Sonic boom: Brunswick Landing development explodes into next phase

Since Brunswick Landing opened on the former site of the Brunswick Naval Air Station in 2011, the campus has attracted a growing number of businesses and is now poised to draw more.
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