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Donna Brassard
EDITOR
Peter Van Allen
DIGITAL EDITOR
James McCarthy
SENIOR WRITER
Renee Cordes
SENIOR WRITER
Laurie Schreiber
STAFF WRITER
Maureen Milliken
SENIOR ACCOUNT
MANAGERS
Ken Hanson,
Andrea Tetzlaff,
Betsy VanderPloeg
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATOR
Kelly Ansley
MARKETING/OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR
Alison Nason
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Mark Jeanneret,
Jim Milliken
RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Stephanie Meagher
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Heide Martin
ART DIRECTOR
Matt Selva
HOSPITALITY EMERITUS
Zoey
A division of
New England
Business
Media LLC
C E O
Peter Stanton
PRESIDENT
Joe Zwiebel
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Mary Rogers
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Donna Brassard
DIGITAL DIRECTOR
Jan Holder
P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY
P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y K E N N E B E C L A N D T R U S T
C O N T E N T S
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Old take on
new economy
The push is on to make
local wood work
Another
financing source
Community development
institutions step in where
traditional lenders won't
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Commercial
lending's next act
More banks enter
Portland market amid
bold growth ambitions
B A N K I N G / F I N A N C E
F O C U S
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Theresa Kerchner, executive director of
the Kennebec Land Trust, is part of a
coalition working to develop sustainable,
local sources of forest products.
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Michael Griffin, executive
director of middle market banking
for JPMorgan Chase Bank.
