LEWISTON — Councilors aim to get themselves updated and back in charge of the city’s economic development efforts at a special workshop meeting Monday. Mayor Jonathan LaBonte said workshop discussions will center on what the city’s economic development has done in the past year to promote jobs, increase property values and encourage better wages in […]
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Utah business leader offers economic development tips for Maine
PORTLAND — In response to Maine’s seemingly entrenched last-place ranking for business friendliness by Forbes magazine, about 300 of the state’s business leaders heard suggestions Tuesday from a entrepreneur based in first-place Utah. Alan Hall — a Utah business leader, economic development expert and active Republican donor — identified eight characteristics he considers “pillars of […]
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Rumford board to hear updates on road projects, economic development
RUMFORD — Selectmen are expected to hear updates at Thursday night’s meeting on Public Works Road projects and an economic development project. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Among additional new business agenda items are requests: * For funding fireworks. * From the Mountain Valley Lyme Disease Awareness Coalition. * From […]
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Democrats kill ‘Open for Business Zones’ bill proposed by LePage
AUGUSTA — Democrats successfully completed their turn-back of Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to create “Open for Business Zones” at two former military bases in Maine with a mostly party-line vote Monday in the House of Representatives. The 91-55 vote Monday morning follows a 22-13 vote Friday in the Senate. LD 1835 is now essentially dead. […]
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Mexico selectmen, Budget Committee approve $8,000 economic development budget
MEXICO – The Board of Selectmen and Budget Committee unanimously voted Tuesday evening to approve the $8,000 economic development budget proposal for the 2014-15 fiscal year. The proposal is $2,000 less than this fiscal year. Among the new items on the economic development budget for 2014-15 are $2,000 for the River Valley Chamber of Commerce […]
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Mexico selectmen, Finance Committee to discuss economic development budget
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will meet with the Budget Committee on April 8 to discuss whether to approve the proposed economic development budget for 2014-15. The meeting will be held before the regularly scheduled selectmen meeting at 6:30 p.m. The proposed economic development budget is $8,000, $2,000 less than this fiscal year. Among […]
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Feds, state offered tax breaks and loan guarantee to reopen East Millinocket paper mill
Cate Street Capital had never before run a paper mill, and arguably the company’s biggest reason for coming to Maine is to try a commercial untested technology without contractually guaranteed customers or suppliers. But the New Hampshire investment group, its subsidiaries and its investors have received at least $142 million in tax breaks and a […]
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Walking tour considers New Auburn history, future
AUBURN — A walking tour guided by a city Economic Development staffer moves to New Auburn this week. Al Manoian, Auburn’s economic development specialist, will lead a tour of the area, discussing its roots as an industrial village and its future. “I promise, we will make it very entertaining,” Manoian said. “No one will be […]
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Maine attempts economic development without a plan
As Maine struggled to recover from a major recession in the early 1990s, Gov. John McKernan and lawmakers formed the 19-member Maine Economic Growth Council and charged it with developing a long-term economic development strategy for the state. Council members toured the state and held focus groups to craft a statewide plan. But soon after, […]