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Economic Development
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Women to Watch: Kristine Logan is piloting Brunswick Landing toward new destinations
Updated: August 8, 2022The new executive director of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority is steering a former Navy air station to new heights as a thriving community with hundreds of businesses and homes, Brunswick Landing.
Updated: August 8, 2022
Women to Watch: At Thomas College, Laurie Lachance points the path from classroom to career
Updated: August 8, 2022Thomas College President Laurie Lachance is a firm believer in the transformative power of education.
Updated: August 8, 2022
A new downtown Machias building will offer startups a space to grow
August 3, 2022In the past two years, the Sunrise County Economic Council's Small Business & Entrepreneurial Team has worked with 425 individuals and 175 businesses. By early next year, the organization will have a new building to host startups.
August 3, 2022
Brunswick Landing may add first tenant in former control tower building
August 1, 2022The building that includes the former Navy air station's 103-foot-tall control tower would have its first tenant since the base closed in 2011. But the business campus needs a new road.
August 1, 2022
A photo essay shows how Brunswick's TechPlace is creating ‘collisions of innovation’
Updated: July 31, 2022Mainebiz photographer Fred J. Field took a look around this busy hub of technology on the Brunswick Landing campus. His photo essay, which appears in the 2022 Mainebiz Fact Book, depicts some of the businesses and people who have found a place at
Updated: July 31, 2022
Nate Wildes reflects on the art and science of ‘selling’ Maine as a place to live and work
Updated: July 31, 2022The head of Live + Work in Maine talks about the strategy and opportunities for marketing the state as a place to stay — and a big challenge to doing so.
Updated: July 31, 2022
Maine ends fiscal year with $600M revenue surplus
Updated: August 1, 2022The surplus puts Maine's Budget Stabilization, or Rainy Day, Fund at a record high of $895.9 million.
Updated: August 1, 2022
Augusta expected to reap economic boost from Ironman triathlon
July 28, 2022More than 1,700 athletes from 13 countries and 48 states are expected to compete in Sunday's triathlon, bringing millions of dollars to the host city and region.
July 28, 2022
'Making Maine Work' policy roadmap urges more R&D spending, housing construction
Updated: July 22, 2022The 2022 report spells out six goals and 15 recommendations for state policy in the coming years. This year's edition was released Thursday by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Maine Development Foundation and Educate Maine.
Updated: July 22, 2022
Grit and gravel: From laborers to senior roles, Maine women are making inroads in construction
Updated: July 25, 2022Whether they grew up around job sites or came to the industry another way, women in Maine are chipping away at the construction field's glass ceiling.
Updated: July 25, 2022
Public garden in Boothbay gave $42M economic boost to the region last year
July 19, 2022Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, New England’s largest public garden, had its largest attendance year in 2021, with 336,000 visitors.
July 19, 2022-
$850 relief checks have been sent to nearly all eligible Mainers, state says
Updated: July 19, 2022A total of 784,028 payments have been sent to Maine taxpayers, representing 91% of estimated recipients.
Updated: July 19, 2022 Maine ranks near bottom for business, CNBC says
July 18, 2022The state doesn't fare well in a national comparison of business environments. Still, there were some positive marks in the ranking.
July 18, 2022
Planned $8.6M Skowhegan River Park project gets first corporate sponsor
Updated: July 18, 2022Franklin Savings Bank has made a financial pledge to advance the project, which would create a paddling and outdoor recreation area in the downtown river corridor.
Updated: July 18, 2022
Waterville gets $500K brownfields grant to help spur development
July 7, 2022The city will use EPA funding to encourage commercial and industrial growth, as well as to boost existing housing stock.
July 7, 2022
Hoping to attract business, this central Maine city built a park — and they came
Updated: July 11, 2022Development of the Gardiner 95/295 Business Park was a long time coming. It’s viewed as a central location in a business-friendly city, and activity there has greatly expanded in recent years.
Updated: July 11, 2022
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