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V I E W P O I N T S W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 3 O C T O B E R 1 , 2 0 1 8 Featured @ Mainebiz.biz From the Editor I n this issue we honor 11 business people who are changing the Maine economy for the better. eir companies or organizations are not doing anything radical. Most offer practical solutions to everyday needs. But as with so many everyday prod- ucts we've grown dependent on — say the iPhone or Amazon Prime — they're taking it farther, pushing the marketplace or challenging old assumptions. Some are in fast-growing sectors: food, health care and technology. Others are helping with the effort to bring more people to Maine. In our view, all are help- ing develop Maine's economic future. Some of the Next honorees profiled in this issue have been featured on the pages of Mainebiz or elsewhere. Others you may be reading about for the first time. ere's a geographic mix, with people in Caribou, Augusta, Farmington, Portland. ere are native Mainers, but also some transplants. We received a large number of nominations, with some great candidates. As always at Mainebiz, we are on the lookout for entrepreneurs and fast-grow- ing companies of all kinds. In the pages that follow, you'll find Q&As with this year's class of the Mainebiz Next honorees: Alain J. Nahimana, executive director, Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center Owen McCarthy and Brian Harris, co-founders of MedRhythm Christina Kane-Gibson, events and marketing director for the city of Caribou Ben Davis and Emily Davis, founders of True Course Yachting, Portland Container Co., OpBox, True Course Management Pete Roberts, founder, Origin USA Dan and Ashley Rice, founders of New England Vascular Access Maddie Purcell, founder of Fyood Kitchen Tobias Parkhurst, president of O&P Glass and an Augusta developer and business leader. We offer our congratulations to this year's class of Next honorees. Peter Van Allen pvanallen@mainebiz.biz Get Maine's business news daily at mainebiz.biz and on Twitter (@Mainebiz). Below is our top content from the weeks between Sept. 11–25. For a daily digest of Maine's top business news, sign up for the Mainebiz Daily Report at mainebiz.biz/enews 1. Waterville company, named 3rd fastest growing in state, expects to add 150 jobs 2. Abbe Museum receives $169K grant to 'decolonize' its practices 3. Legal settlement helping Maine address its shortage of plumbers 4. Here are the companies named 'Best Places to Work in Maine' 5. Scarborough woman sentenced to jail for embezzlement at two former employers 6. Portland woman named SCORE's 'Outstanding Young Entrepreneur' 7. Waterville's $1.5 million Riverwalk opens to public 8. Bucksport on its way to becoming a seafood hub 9. Three Maine boatbuilders team up on high-end sloop 10. Portland India Street condo building sells all units P H O T O / M A U R E E N M I L L I K E N 1 Be smart. BE SHUR. bernsteinshur.com When you want a law firm t hat puts your interests before [h]ours. Meet the entrepreneur next door Some of the Next honorees profiled in this issue have been featured on the pages of Mainebiz or elsewhere. Others you may be reading about for the first time.