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Economic Development
Portland mayor pushes for faster housing starts
Updated: December 17, 2025In his latest state of the city address, Mayor Mark Dion urged officials to cut delays between housing project approvals and shovels going into the ground.
Updated: December 17, 2025
Maine launches funding platform to tackle 'biggest and most complex challenges'
Updated: December 17, 2025The Maine Office of Community Affairs offers a "single place to navigate state programs that support revitalization, housing, broadband, resilience and community development,” said one town manager.
Updated: December 17, 2025
Mills administration authorizes $7.5M for Maine's outdoor economy
December 12, 2025The grants are expected to create jobs in trail design, construction and maintenance and revenue from materials purchases. Maine’s trail systems are considered critical for the outdoor economy.
December 12, 2025
For two Maine island towns, a lack of housing thwarts employers in search of workers
December 11, 2025Without affordable housing that match income levels Deer Isle and Stonington risk ongoing labor shortages, declining school enrollment and a shrinking year-round population and tax base.
December 11, 2025
The coast isn't clear: Climate change already wreaking havoc, experts say
Updated: December 12, 2025Breaking down the financial toll of severe weather events, the head of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute noted that repairing disabled critical infrastructure is “very expensive."
Updated: December 12, 2025-
Notable quotables from a dozen 'On the Record' interviews in 2025
Updated: December 15, 2025As we wind down the year, here are memorable quotes from a dozen interviews published by Mainebiz in 2025.
Updated: December 15, 2025
Bar Harbor’s bumpy year: Cruise ship cap, rainy spring offset Acadia gains in gateway town
Updated: December 15, 2025Overall, Bar Harbor had a middling season, but it really came down to whom you talk to. Lodgings did pretty well, compared with last year. The retail sector was probably hit a little more, with the loss of cruise ship traffic.
Updated: December 15, 2025
10 Maine projects awarded $6.5M in economic development funding
December 10, 2025The money comes from the Northern Border Regional Commission, established by Congress in 2008 to fund development projects in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York.
December 10, 2025
At 'the front lines of climate change,' Portland joins forces with nonprofit to protect working waterfront
Updated: December 4, 2025The city of Portland has joined forces with the nonprofit Gulf of Maine Research Institute to protect the working waterfront to position Maine’s largest city as a national leader in coastal climate adaptation.
Updated: December 4, 2025
How to tell the story that attracts talent to Maine
Updated: December 5, 2025If we want investors, job seekers and new residents to believe that Maine is a place where ambitious work happens, we must make that work public, our guest columnist writes.
Updated: December 5, 2025
Report flags 'troubling trend' in Maine's shortfall of affordable housing
November 19, 2025The annual "Measures of Growth" report, by the nonpartisan Maine Economic Growth Council, tracks 31 indicators of the state’s economy,
November 19, 2025
Oakland downtown businesses can apply for facade improvement grants
November 17, 2025Grants will provide up to $25,000 funding for exterior building upgrades that enhance commercial areas of the Kennebec County town.
November 17, 2025
UMaine System invested $638M in state economy in recent fiscal year
November 9, 2025Payroll alone for UMaine employees with home addresses in Maine totaled $384 million in FY25, compared to $363.7 million in FY24.
November 9, 2025
Bar Harbor college supports nearly $17M in economic impact on MDI region
November 7, 2025Over the past four years, capital projects added $29.2 million in cumulative value to the regional economy and supported more than 300 construction-related jobs.
November 7, 2025
Portland honors 5 local businesses for going the extra mile
October 23, 2025Recipients of this year's Annual Business Awards include Matcha Mood and Redfern Properties. They will be honored at an event in November.
October 23, 2025
MaineHousing program receives national recognition
Updated: October 22, 2025The program used $20 million in state funding to subsidize construction of 276 homes offered at prices affordable to middle-income households.
Updated: October 22, 2025
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