We’re stuck and we need to get unstuck. We’re absolutely doing it to ourselves, and if we don’t come to terms with this sticky situation, it will prevent our growth over the next few decades. At first, this may appear to be a very specific complaint, but it’s much more prevalent than that and affects […]
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Bar Harbor Bank & Trust donates over $21,000 to nonprofit organizations
Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine and Midcoast Habitat for Humanity both benefitted from the bank’s most recent installment of employee-contributed donations.
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From the Chamber: A new mission and operating the right way
On Jan. 31, at our Bath-Brunswick Regional Chamber’s bylaw-mandated Annual Meeting of the Membership, we completed a 10-month process of updating our bylaws. In total, there were 87 bylaw changes that were made, ranging from simple grammatical corrections to more substantive changes. The two most substantive changes were officially accepting the name of the chamber […]
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Applications open for Brunswick nonprofit’s Tastemakers Initiative
To support and expand Maine’s food production capabilities, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. is offering its Tastemakers Initiative for a fifth time. Applications are open to Maine-based companies that produce food and beverages for human consumption and source from Maine agriculture, aquaculture or fisheries. The Tastemakers Initiative, sponsored by FocusMaine, helps established food and beverage companies in […]
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From the Chamber: Awards Night to honor seven leaders
The Chamber Awards Night has always been something special. It’s a night when the chamber members get to recognize their own as we show appreciation for several individuals and businesses for their support of the chamber and, more importantly, their positive impacts on the communities we serve. It has taken many forms over the years, […]
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From the Chamber: February 10 x 100 — news for Bath-Brunswick businesses
It’s that time for another edition of the 10 x 100 series — 10 business updates in about 100 words apiece and in no particular order. Here we go: Winterfest success Congrats to Main Street Bath on a super successful Winterfest this past weekend! Multi-day events are a lot to pull off, and you did […]
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From the Chamber: Tips on testifying — make your voice heard, Part II
In Part I, I covered the mechanics of testifying in a public hearing of the Maine State Legislature, including how to find the bill number, the committee assignment and when the hearings would be. To be honest, I didn’t intend for this to be a two-part series, but as I wrote last week’s piece, I […]
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Applications open for CEI’s Child Care Business Lab
The Child Care Business Lab is a free, six-month program, at the end of which participants will have completed all requirements to start a licensed child care business.
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From the Chamber: Tips on testifying — make your voice heard, Part I
The Maine State Legislature is back in session, and with that comes an incredible opportunity for citizens to get their voices heard. I ended up testifying earlier this week on a bill, and it reminded me that it’s kind of a daunting process. It had been over a year since I had testified during a […]
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Maine DHHS awards Independence Association grant for pilot program
Independence Association of Brunswick was recently awarded an HCBS-Innovation Grant as part of a Maine Department of Health and Human Services initiative to promote greater opportunities for independence and integration in community life for individuals who receive services funded by the Home and Community Based Services waiver system. Independence Association celebrates the ability of all […]