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Since May 2009, the entire company — from the U.S. to Canada to offices abroad — sets aside the second Thursday of May to serve local communities.
“One delivery I’ll never forget was a pizza to an ice fishing hut,” said the restaurant owner. The larger space will accommodate the pantry’s growing clientele and need for more cold storage.
A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, professional services firms, health care facilities and nonprofits around Maine.
Maine's largest architecture firm, Portland-based SMRT, expanded its Bangor office, moving into larger space, which will allow it to add more staff.
Village Commons, with 31 units for people age 55 or older, is part of a larger project called Firehouse Village, a mixed-use development on the site of a former public safety complex.
Trinity Jubilee Center began as a soup kitchen, but now does much more and is "bursting at the seams," its director said. The nonprofit is seeing more elderly and disabled people who can't afford food or are losing their homes.
Jessica Estes is stepping down as president of the commercial real estate firm. Christopher "Topher" Stephenson and Micki Francombe have both been promoted to leadership roles.
At the request of the Portland Museum of Art, the Portland City Council has agreed to reclassify 142 Free St. as a "noncontributing structure" in the Congress Street Historic District.
The majority of units will be rented to households earning 50% of the area median income or less. Some will have vouchers for use by populations with special needs.
“It’s particularly exciting to have our team be able to work in person together again, which we haven’t done since March of 2020,” said MANP’s executive director.
Guest columnist Kenneth A. Capron once proposed to the city of Portland that it house the city's homeless on a repurposed cruise ship. Now, he's adapted the concept for affordable housing.
Army veteran Alex Quataert owns a Portland lighting franchise, Blingle, which employs three permanent staff members and brings on temporary workers for seasonal projects.
With longtime Maine leader Matt Tonello stepping aside to focus on client relations and initiatives in mass timber, Dave Thomas will take over the director of operations for the Portland office.
The 4,000-square-foot building, slated for completion next spring, is more than double the size of the existing branch and will offer amenities like a member community room.
Much of the development focuses on Saco and Biddeford, and includes mixed-use, retail, multifamily and industrial properties, according to a report from Malone Commercial Brokers.
The spring conference of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association on Wednesday drew 300 people to the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland.