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 ...

Heather Johnson, who has led the Maine Department of Economic and Development Agency since 2019, plans to step down on March 1, the governor’s office announced.

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 ...

Northern Maine’s economic viability has always had a vulnerable side. The Eastern Maine Development Corp.’s new plan for Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock, and Waldo counties has taken on added ...

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 ...

The plan, unveiled Dec. 11, is focused on three main goals: Increasing the average annual wage by 10%, boosting the value of products sold per worker by 10% and recruiting 75,000 people to 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.

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. The ...

At its Jan. 7 annual meeting in Lewiston, EDCM, the state’s premier economic development nonprofit established in 1956, voted in Schumacher as the president of the board of directors.

Since 2007, about a dozen University of Maine students and faculty have made it their mission to learn more about tourism and economic development here in Maine. Cashman started on the project as ...

The lecture, titled “Shifting Dynamics of Rural Economic Development in Maine,” focused on how EMDC has changed its model, which significantly expands what services they offer. Umphrey has been the ...