Author: Leah Batt

CEI Women's Business Center Launches Portland Office to Serve Southern Maine's Diverse Female Entrepreneurs

Caption: Sarah Guerette, Director, CEI Women’s Business Centers; Diane Sturgeon, District Director for the Maine District Office, U.S. Small Business…

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Good Jobs as a Stepping Stone to an Equitable Economic Future

The CEI Good Jobs Framework The pandemic jolted the U.S. economy, which today is 5.7 million jobs smaller in size than…

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Investing in Culturally Sensitive Medical Care: How Mission-Based Financing Fills a Gap

Community development financial institutions helped develop financing solutions for healthcare facilities in rural America. Employees of the Lāna‘i Community Health…

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Testimony in support of LD 1626, An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act

2/15/2022 Senator Carney, Representative Harnett and Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary: My name is Amy Winston and…

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Applications Now Open for CEI’s Child Care Business Lab

Training for people who want to start a child care business in rural Maine January 21, 2022 (Brunswick, ME) –…

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Sea Meadow Marine Foundation Acquires Yarmouth Boatyard to Launch its Mission of Waterfronts that Work with assistance from CEI

(December 17, 2021) Yarmouth, Maine Local sea farmers, dock and boat builders, business innovators, land use specialists, neighbors, and Coastal…

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CEI Releases 2021 Impact Report: Helping Entrepreneurs Build Pandemic-Resilient Businesses, Growing 400+ Jobs

November 18, 2021 – Brunswick, Maine -- Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) reported its 2021 impact, a look at how its…

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Purchase Power! CEI Women’s Business Center Launches Maine Women’s Business List

The first directory of Maine-built, woman owned businesses publishes just in time for the holiday shopping and sourcing season [Portland,…

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Baltimore's First Zero Energy Multifamily Development Supports Penn North Community Vision For Affordable Housing, Small Business And Nonprofit Space

with Investment from Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund, a partnership between Woodforest National Bank and CEI-Boulos Capital Management THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov.…

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OPEGA Releases Positive Review of the Maine Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit

November 10, 2021|Augusta, ME – The Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability released its evaluation of the Maine Historic…

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