Top Gun program gets closer to Lewiston-Auburn, Sun Journal reports
The Sun Journal reported efforts to bring the Top Gun entrepreneurship accelerator program to Lewiston-Auburn got a recent boost. Don Gooding, executive director of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, said some of a recent $390,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration will be used to continue the work to bring the entrepreneurial program to the area. Top Gun, a mix of coaching and competition, already has programs in Portland, Bangor and Rockland, according to the article. The program is a partnership of MCED, the University of Maine and Maine Technology Institute, with support from Camden National Bank, as well as many local business sponsors, program advisers and mentors.