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USDA Rural Development is investing $295,520 in Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program funds in economic development organizations across Maine to provide training and technical assistance to rural small businesses. The funding...

This Story Map features projects awarded through NADO’s 2020 Aliceann Wohlbruck NADO Impact Awards and the Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards. The Impact Awards program honors NADO members for their...

COVID-19 has upended our lives. We’ve been confronted by unpleasant realities and faced with unexpected challenges. In our communities, long-standing social problems have grown worse. Suicides are on the rise....

Best Practices in Resilience Planning to Support Economic Recovery Thursday, October 22, 2020 1:45pm to 3:00pm Many EDDs are currently in the process of spending their EDA CARES Act funding...

A new state program is opening doors to education, training and employment — giving greater stability and added purpose to life. By Lee Umphrey and Doug Dunbar Hope, optimism and...

Congratulations to the 2020 NADO Photo Contest winners and runners-up!  This year, nearly 120 images were submitted from members across the country that demonstrated what makes their regions great places to...

EMDC is providing individualized assistance to those applying for this funding. For help, contact either of the staff people below: Ryan Grindle, Regional Development Coordinator, EMDC: rgrindle@emdc.org • (207) 974-3247...

Lee Umphrey is president and CEO of Eastern Maine Development Corp. Doug Dunbar is EMDC’s recovery and re-entry workforce specialist. Hope and connections. Today, they’re needed more than ever, but...

About the Funding As a valued business or municipal partner of EMDC, we are alerting you to grant funding introduced by Governor Janet T. Mills and Maine DECD that provides...

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation has been awarded $2.6 million in federal funding through a COVID-19 relief package as a Revolving Loan Fund. “It comes at a crucial time...

A person who has desperately needed hope knows like no other the power of visible recovery and the hope that is generated from knowing you’re not alone, there is a...

Mike Elliott says the Katahdin Region is on the verge of a growth explosion. But ask him what one thing is needed to spark the fuse, and he’s stuck. “I...

STATEWIDE — There’s a new alliance in the fight against opioid addiction. In 2018, opioid overdoses claimed the lives of 202 Mainers. That was a decrease of 158 from the...

Through financial support and guidance, eligible individuals will have access to education and training. A new statewide effort aims to provide hope and opportunities to people directly or indirectly impacted...

Kick-off information session to highlight the state’s new effort to provide financial support and guidance with education, training and securing meaningful employment BANGOR – The Central Western Maine Workforce Development...

Eastern Maine Development Corporation reimagines employment preparation for young people through innovative “Learn and Earn” opportunity during the pandemic  Through new and continued partnerships with community organizations, educational institutions and...

The Town of East Millinocket has announced that it has successfully negotiated and purchased the former Great Northern Paper Company mill site from Katahdin KI 50, LLC (a subsidiary of...

East Millinocket closed on a deal on Tuesday to purchase the former Great Northern Paper Co. LLC mill site, for generations the home of the town’s single largest employer, on...

A unanimous vote by the Central Western Maine Workforce Development Board (CWMWDB) will provide funding for Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) to offer workforce services to people and businesses in...

Eastern Maine Development Corp. of Bangor has been awarded $1.5 million to provide workforce development services for people and businesses in Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford and Somerset counties.  The Central...

Bangor Daily News Award is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration’s CARES Act Recovery Assistance  BANGOR – Municipalities and businesses in Eastern Maine are getting a...

Piscataquis Observer WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Angus King, I-Maine announced that the Eastern Maine Development Corporation has been awarded $400,000 to support the redevelopment and...

U.S. Senator Susan Collins & U.S. Senator Angus King Funding will support small businesses throughout eastern Maine that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic Washington D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan...

U.S. EDA WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Eastern Maine Development Corporation, Bangor,...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency A large oceanside aquaculture system, a church, and an international maritime training center are among the enterprises preparing to open at the site of a former...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – The longest-running art society in the country held a safe and socially distant art exhibit in Bangor. The Juried Art Show is put on by the...

News Center Maine The “Connecting with Opportunities Initiative” will provide financial support and individualized support with education, training and finding meaningful employment BANGOR, Maine — Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC)...

Fox ABC Maine BANGOR – A new initiative is being developed to help people impacted by opioid use disorder. Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) of Bangor is launching an opioid...

Bangor Daily News BANGOR — Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) President and CEO Lee Umphrey announces the launch of “Maine’s Connecting with Opportunities Initiative,” funded by a $6.2 million federal...

Townsquare Media Eastern Maine Development Corporation is offering a free workforce academy that hopes to train young Mainers in jobs that will keep them in the state. This is a...

FOX ABC Bangor BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corporation will be offering a seven-week academy for young Mainers looking for job opportunities. The “Young Mainer’s Workforce Academy” has been redesigned...

Puritan Medical Products says the plant could nearly double the company’s output and should be open by July 1. Portland Press Herald A new plant under development in Pittsfield could...

By Molly Mayo, BDN Community Author This year marks the 145th anniversary year of the Bangor Art Society. While many of the group’s art exhibits have changed since 1875, the...

By Charles Eichacker, BDN PITTSFIELD, Maine — Renovations and recruiting have now begun for the Somerset County expansion of a Guilford company that makes the nasal swabs that are critically...

Puritan Medical Products is hiring at their new location in Pittsfield, Maine. Join them in saving the world, one swab at a time. Click the job titles below to view...

Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday that she is convening a committee that will meet over the rest of 2020 to oversee the state’s recovery from...

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support our critical reporting on the...

By Bangor Daily News Virtual workshops position job seekers for success by boosting their understanding of services, career options, job search strategies and more BANGOR – In a time of...

By Bob Keyes, Portland Press Herald The University of Maine Museum of Art will get a new name and more space to exhibit artwork because of a $1.3 million gift...

Bangor Daily News | By Emily Burnham A $1.3 million gift from two longtime University of Maine educators and administrators will see the University of Maine Museum of Art in...

The University of Maine The University of Maine has formed an innovation team to help evaluate and develop solutions to the shortages of supplies and challenges faced by Maine’s health...

Communities around the country are working hard to adapt to the changing economic landscape of these uncertain times.  In the tree-covered northeast, the Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) has been...

FOX ABC Maine Maine’s battle against the opioid crisis has received some financial help. The Eastern Maine Development Corp. has assisted in securing a National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant...

Bangor Daily News The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Maine $6.2 million to pay for job training and other services aimed at getting almost 700 people affected by the...

Mainebiz Up to $6.28 million in federal funds awarded this week will go toward building employment and expanding life-changing services in areas of Maine affected by the opioid crisis. With...

Congressman Jared Golden held a roundtable in Bangor to identify ways that the SBDCs can bring its free services to more small businesses. NEWS CENTER Maine BANGOR, Maine — A...

WABI Talking to small business owners about resources available to them was the topic of discussion at a roundtable meeting in Bangor Wednesday. Congressman Jared Golden was there. It took...

Portland Press Herald Maine has received $6.3 million to help train substance abuse treatment workers and prepare addiction sufferers for the job market. The two-year award from the U.S. Department...

MAINE – The Maine Department of Labor is pleased to announce that the State has been awarded a grant of up to $6,281,891 by the U.S. Department of Labor to...

Maine Campus On Monday, Feb. 3, the University of Maine hosted guest lecturers Lee Umphrey, Vicki Rusbult and Will Harper from the Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC). The lecture worked...

Fast Forward Maine Have you ever wanted to go after government contracts, but were unsure where to start? Federal, state, and municipal projects come up all the time, at all...

BANGOR – In its expanding role as a catalyst for thoughtful economic planning, workforce expansion and community vibrancy, Eastern Maine Development Corporation (www.EMDC.org) brought 65 elected officials, economic experts and...

Wide-ranging Roundtable Addresses More Than a Dozen Key Issues, Including Regional Cooperation, Technology Infrastructure, Investments in Roads and Bridges, and Climate Change BANGOR, ME – In its expanding role as...

By Fox ABC Bangor BANGOR – Local officials from around the region met with Gov. Janet Mills Wednesday to discuss the issues impacting their cities and towns. “The governor is...

Mainebiz Eastern Maine Development Corp. in Bangor said it was one of 66 organizations nationwide recognized with a “2019 Impact Award” from the National Association of Development Organizations.

By Fox ABC Maine BANGOR – Eastern Maine Development Corp. honored local business leaders Thursday at Husson University. Four different awards were presented to EMDC partners who development corporation officials...

The Bangor Daily News People around the Pine Street State often have differing views about who qualifies as a “Mainer.” By some standards, it’s not even enough to have been...

Cindy Campbell, Q106.5 | October 29, 2019 Eastern Maine Development Corporation and Young People in Recovery will host a career readiness workshop tonight in Brewer. Finding the right career path...

The Quoddy Tides by Lora Whelan A long‑vacant storefront in the Machias downtown, the former Nash building, is on the path to becoming the Machias Valley Center for Entrepreneurship. The...

OLD TOWN, Maine (WABI) – Old Town will hold a rapid response meeting tomorrow for businesses and employees affected by last weekend’s fire on Main Street. The Maine Department of...

By Mainebiz Staff • September 10, 2019 GO Lab Inc., the Belfast building products manufacturer that last month closed on its purchase of the shuttered Madison Paper Industries mill, has...

Stuart Hedstrom, Piscataquis Observer • August 30, 2019 DOVER-FOXCROFT — Residents of the region looking to improve their lives through various academic and career programs can do so through the...