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Houlton is joining five other rural towns in Maine to partner with GrowSmart Maine on multi-year economic development project, backed by a $388,000 federal grant.
Eastern Maine Development Corporation created a roadmap to tackle Maine's housing crisis by promoting affordable housing and ...
In Maine, could future economic development/revenue enhancement be limited by these climate-related mitigation strategies? In other words, could drought/wildfires/flood damage influence the ...
Houlton is joining five other rural towns in Maine to partner with GrowSmart Maine on multi-year economic development project, backed by a $388,000 federal grant.
Heather Johnson, who was served as commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development since 2019, will step down from the role on March 1.
If 2023 is to become a year of economic growth in Maine, the state’s economic leaders need every tool in their toolbox. Whatever can be done to bring businesses and jobs to the Pine Tree State ...
BANGOR -- A pair of Republican sponsored bills aims to bring hundreds of millions of dollars in investments to Maine. Bills L.D. 1217 and L.D. 1951 are meant to boost new initiatives for development, ...
From Cumberland County to the rest of Maine, let’s make 2023 a year of economic development that we’ve never seen before. Let’s reject the pessimism that comes with economic uncertainty.
LEWISTON (WGME) -- The City of Lewiston is tackling the housing crisis and seeing a boom in development. Right now, about 1,300 units are under construction or approved to be built. The city’s mayor ...
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Governor Mills announced Monday that the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, Heather Johnson, will step down from her position on ...
It is administered by the Maine Development Foundation, a public-private, non-partisan organization created in statute in 1978 to promote equitable, sustainable, long-term economic growth.