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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.