Small-business Consultants to Walk, Meet and Greet Eastport Entrepreneurs

Contact: Louis Bassano, Extension Educator, (207) 255-3345 or (800) 287-1542

EASTPORT, ME.–On Dec. 13 the Down East
Micro-Enterprise Network, in conjunction with Eastport for Pride, will be
walking through downtown Eastport to support, meet and learn about Main
Street business owners and their operations.

Lora Whelan, director of Eastport for Pride, will lead the walk and
introduce Louis Bassano, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
educator; Extension Business Specialist Emeritus Lew Wyman; and Harold
Clossey, small business coordinator for the Down East Business Alliance of
the Washington Hancock Community Agency. The goal of these face-to-face
meetings is to acquaint downtown businesspeople with the resources and
services these business educators can offer to support them.

Eastport for Pride is part of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation