Participants will include the CEOs of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, as well as the president of MEREDA and the CEO of Bangor Savings Bank.
Guest columnist Bob Montgomery-Rice, president and CEO of Maine's largest bank, offers some suggestions about how to prepare for shifts in the economy this year.
Just in time for basketball season, cardboard-cutout likenesses of Ace and Cooper Flagg at Bangor Savings Bank branches will tout pling, a new debit card and app for teens.
The Bangor area is facing an increase in its homeless population. The MEREDA conference aims to bring together "a diverse range of perspectives to foster open and honest dialogue, compassion and innovative solutions."