Portland Restaurants Receive $50,000 in Grant Funding to Help Prepare for Winter During the Pandemic
(Clockwise from top left) 1st photo: Sarah Guerette and Anna Ackerman of the CEI Women’s Business Center; Mary Allen Lindeman…
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CEI Receives $3.3 Million EDA Award for Revolving Loan Fund to Meet the Immediate and Long-Term Economic Development Needs of Small Businesses in Maine’s Coastal Counties
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2020 (Brunswick, ME)—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced a $3,278,000 award…
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Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund Closes over $1.3 Million Opportunity Zone Equity Investment in Sharswood Ridge Project to Help Revitalize Philadelphia's Sharswood Neighborhood
Mixed-use, partnership-driven project delivers affordable housing, grocery and health care access, and hundreds of jobs Pictured here is an image…
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CEI Expands Wicked Fast Loans with Financial Assistance Award from CDFI Fund of the U.S Treasury
September 24, 2020 (Brunswick, ME)—The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund of the U.S. Treasury today awarded $600,000 in financial…
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CEI Secures Award to Advance Catalyst Fund for Early-Stage Food Businesses
September 23, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) – A new $300,000 grant award from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration…
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Aquaculture in Shared Waters Course Now Accepting Applications
Free training classes to begin early November 2020 in the Downeast region Washington & Hancock Counties, ME - Commercial fishermen…
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CEI Welcomes New Colleagues in Accounting, Lending & Small Business Development
September 2, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) - CEI recently hired six new professionals to join their accounting, lending and business advice…
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Leadership Transition at Maine-based CEI Capital Management LLC, one of the Nation’s Premier New Markets Tax Credit Firms
Charles J. Spies, III Announces Retirement; Traci R. Vaine to Succeed as CEO on October 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 (Brunswick,…
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Maine SBDC & Maine DECD Announce New Micro-Enterprise Grant Program
August 17, 2020 - The Maine Department of Economic & Community Development (DECD) in partnership with the Maine Small Business…
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CEI's Mission-Driven Advice and Financing Helps Small Businesses Manage through the COVID Pandemic
June 11, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) - Small businesses are the core of Maine’s economy. In 2019, businesses defined by the…
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