The spring 2021 edition of OneVoice Maine, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce magazine, focuses on the role innovation has played in Maine’s long-standing traditional industries – farming, fishing, and forestry – in the last century. The magazine’s opening letter cites chamber president Dana Connors and board chair Clif Greim. “Perhaps our state’s biggest incubator for […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of Vermont Extension will offer a weekly four-part business management class for maple syrup producers online from 7–8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays from June 8–29. “Is My Maple Business Profitable? Finances for Maple Producers“ is designed to provide financial management education for maple business owners and the skills to understand […]
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A Sun Journal column by Elliott Epstein noted that sustainability initiatives, such as those supported by the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, represent business opportunities for Maine.
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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins joined Maine Department of Transportation officials, University of Maine researchers, Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT) Bridges and industry partners at the Grist Mill Bridge in Hampden, Maine on May 21 to celebrate the groundbreaking research that is leading the country toward a sustainable, low-cost transportation system of the future. The 75-foot single-span […]
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Morning Ag Clips, The Free Press and the Bangor Daily News promoted a weekly financial workshop for maple syrup producers scheduled for Tuesday evenings June 8–29. “Is My Maple Business Profitable? Finances for Maple Producers,” which is sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of Vermont Extension, is designed to help maple business owners understand […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the “Top Gun Entrepreneurship Accelerator Showcase” hosted by the University of Maine on May 12. Two of the seven small businesses will move on to the final round to compete for a $25,000 prize.
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News Center Maine shared a joint statement from Dannel Malloy and Joan Ferrini-Mundy on Gov. Janet Mills economic recovery plan. Malloy, University of Maine System chancellor, and Ferrini-Mundy, vice chancellor for research and innovation for UMS noted that the American Rescue Plan funds designated for the System will facilitate development of new research infrastructure that […]
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A Centralmaine.com column by Louise Rosen cited a 2019 University of Maine study of farmed oyster revenue in calling for increased attention and support for the film-making industry in Maine.
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Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, discussed the research and economic prospects of floating offshore wind power development with Maine Public. “The engineering challenges we’ve solved relatively quickly,” Dagher said. “But it’s really the business end of it, how do we make it in Maine, how do we […]
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In covering the ripple effects of the pandemic on Portland restaurants, the Portland Press Herald cited a 2018 economic impact study by the University of Maine and a 2020 survey of the hospitality industry in Maine by Todd Gabe and Andrew Crawley, faculty in UMaine’s School of Economics. The Sun Journal shared the Press Herald […]
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