Hancock County

The designation creates opportunities for investment and supports local property owners through access to historic tax credits.

The owner of an Ellsworth brewery told Mainebiz he is now adding gas prices to the growing list of challenges he's been forced to reckon with over the past couple of years, wary of what rising costs could mean for the road ahead. 

Some are concerned that, while tourism contributes to the local economy, it’s making Bar Harbor less livable.

Jackson Lab plans to renovate an existing 3,500-square-foot facility on the Bar Harbor campus, expand capacity and meet growing market demand for advanced research mice.

Funds will be used to rehabilitate the Old Hancock County Sheriff’s Home and Jail, a 19th-century building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Bold Coast Seafood, in Prospect Harbor, will invest in infrastructure needed to buy, process and sell Jonah crab, a native species that is legally harvested in lobster traps but largely thrown back into the ocean alive because Maine lacks processing capacity.

With MTI support, Brooklin Boat Yard will build a 7,520-square-foot service and technology facility. The new building will allow the company to take on additional new build, restoration and service projects and to hire 10 additional employees.

Swift Current Energy has secured tax equity financing and $248 million in project financing for its Three Rivers solar facility in Hancock County.

Every year, the Downeast region draws thousands of runners, tens of thousands of boaters and millions of hikers and bikers. Although varying by orders of magnitude, the numbers support businesses, jobs and communities.

The collaboration integrates JAX’s expertise in genetics, disease biology and stem cell research with GSK’s in neurodegeneration and drug discovery. The goal is to help close a gap between scientific discovery and the development of new medicines.