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73 B U S I N E S S P RO F I L E S B U S I N E S S P R O F I L E S S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N CN Brown P.O. Box 200, South Paris, Maine, 04281 (207) 743-9212 info@cnbrown.com P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F M D A P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F M D A Left: Shamrock Ambassador Maddy admires the shamrocks displayed throughout the Big Apple location in Bangor. Right: Front L-R; Cathleen Lutz, Ph.D. (Jackson Lab), Jasmine McLoughlin (MDA), Jackie Reis (MDA), Lynn Mills (CN Brown), Dave Roberts (CN Brown), Ashley King (MDA). Back L-R: Robert Burgess, Ph.D. (Jackson Lab), Katrina Waite (CN Brown), Tina Chasse (CN Brown), Greg Cox, Ph.D. (Jackson Lab). A family business CN Brown Company is a family-owned business that started in 1948 as a retail and wholesale lumber company in Lovell, Maine. e company expanded its business and territory to include petroleum products in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. In the early 1970s, management recognized the changing lumber industry and began concentrating its efforts in the conve- nience store, gasoline and heating oil business. At about this time, Carlton N. Brown hired Harold D. Jones, a district representative from Phillips Petroleum, to be CN Brown Company's General Manager/CFO and lead the company into these new markets. is marked the beginning of a new era for CN Brown Company. e company began a program of purchasing and building new convenience stores, along with its steady expansion of its heat- ing oil business. e company, now owned and operated by the Jones family, has provided communities with steady employment for over 70 years. CN Brown Company currently owns and operates 76 Big Apple Convenience Stores, 26 Heating Oil Offices and 11 Service Stations, plus services over 100 gasoline dealers. CN Brown Company has positioned itself to be a major contender in the competitive petroleum market throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. New energy In 2012, CN Brown Company began supplying Electricity and Natural Gas to customers in Maine to further diversify energy offerings. is enabled CN Brown Company to bundle product offerings for added savings to valued customers. In January 2018, CN Brown Company's electricity division and heating oil division were rebranded to CN Brown Energy. A new energy website was launched on January 9. CN Brown strives for customer loyalty and continued growth in a competitive market, so they believe in investing in the right tools for success. Improvements in delivery efficiency have opened the door to successfully growing the customer base and the com- pany. CN Brown is ready to take on the future. A generous company MDA Maine has no words that can fully express how grateful it is to CN Brown for its commitment and support. is is a company that does not just stop at the bottom line: It's truly about community. Its support has been vital — and we are beyond proud of its association with our work. l CN Brown Company President Kurt Jones was asked his reason for staying passionate in supporting the MDA in Maine. "ere are many worthy causes to support," Jones said. "Our company chose the MDA in Maine to partner with for the last 30 years to help find a cure for this debilitating disease. We've chosen to stay the course to help make a difference in the lives of families in Maine struggling with Muscular Dystrophy Disease. I would encourage other companies, large and/or small, to do their part to make the sun shine on the organization of your choice." Finding breakthroughs Families are at the heart of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's mission. e MDA Team wakes up every morning to create more hope and answers for families living with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases that take away physical strength and mobility. is is done by finding research breakthroughs across diseases, caring for kids and adults from day one of diagnosis and empowering families with services and support in hometowns across America. ese goals are achieved so that families can live longer and grow stronger. MDA takes a big-picture perspective across the full spectrum of neuromuscular diseases to uncover breakthroughs that accelerate treatments and cures. e power in the research approach is that research can be applied from one disease to achieve progress in others to bring urgently needed answers to families. In April, CN Brown joined MDA Maine in a visit to e Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor to see how the remarkable scientists there are working to find treatments and cures for neuromuscular diseases. "It's remarkable, the work being done at the Jackson Laboratory in the fight against muscle disease and other rare diseases," states Ashley King, Executive Director of MDA Maine. "It's an honor to have Dr. Burgess and team as a recipient of MDA grant funding, right here in Maine. Progress is on the horizon for families. Since 2015, there have been more drugs in development and approved by the FDA than in the last 50 years."

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