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🔒10 leaders for Maine’s economic future

Maine faces a well-publicized demographic challenge: the population isn’t growing, and it’s getting older. Yet Maine’s economy...

🔒7 businesses that should be on your radar

Here are seven companies that are poised for greater recognition both inside Maine and in a wider...

Boatbuilders are applying complex technology in other industries

On any given day, the 15,000-square-foot fabrication facility at Lyman-Morse, the Thomaston builder of luxury yachts, is...

Building permits on the rise, but can’t touch pre-recession numbers

Maine issued 4,570 building permits last year, down slightly from 4,607 building permits issued in 2017, according to the U.S. Census. Of those, most were for single-family homes.

🔒Commentary: 7 reasons Portland’s East End is on the rise

While there's been much hype about this popular part of Portland, East Ender (and development insider) Susan Morris explains why she's a genuine fan of her neighborhood.

Commentary: Don’t overlook nonprofits’ role in the Maine economy

When talking about a strong Maine economy, industries like marine resources, tourism and biotech justifiably top the list. Yet the pursuit of a prosperous Maine requires deeper understanding of how communities thrive, including the wide variety of roles nonprofits play in sustaining and enriching community health and vibrancy.

Commentary: This environmentalist favors CMP’s $950M transmission corridor

Climate Change is increasingly obvious to most people now. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggests that we have no more than 11 years to dramatically reduce the emissions that we create daily and no more than 30 years to eliminate all fossil fuels.

Getting down to business

Maine’s first new mixed-use industrial park in 25 years is generating lots of buzz as businesses start...

How to avoid the ‘leadership dip’ in a new role

I was recently asked how I would coach a highly successful employee who had been promoted to supervise a team. After the promotion, this individual’s performance, and subsequently that of the team, dropped dramatically.

How to bulletproof your company in the battle for talent in all labor markets

Saïd Eastman, CEO and general manager at Jobs in ME, discusses how companies can ride the employment-market roller coaster through economic and political changes.

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