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V O L . X X V N O. I X A P R I L 2 9 , 2 0 1 9 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR James McCarthy SENIOR EDITOR Maureen Milliken SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber 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 C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder C O N T E N T S Workplace changes The workplace then and now 14 72 A look back to 1994 Fax your friends, get out your Ace of Base CD, here's 1994 2 5 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y S C H E D U L E SP ONSORED BY At this year's women's leadership forum we will dispel the myth that women aren't good at negotiating. Learn from women who are expert negotiators and improve your skills. S C H E D U L E 7:30 Registration, networking, breakfast 8:15 Welcome and introductions 8:30 Panel discussion 9:30 Panel finishes, Q&A begins 10:00 Conclusion The art & science of negotiation is essential for success! #MBWLF19 Tuesday, May 14 7:30am – 10:00am USM Abromson Center (Hannaford Hall) 88 Bedford St., Portland REGISTER AT WWW.MAINEBIZ.BIZ/WLF PA N E L I S T S S TAY T U N E D F O R PA N E L I S T S U P DAT E S ! Jessica Estes Partner and broker, The Boulos Company Janna Gau Shareholder, Eaton Peabody Marie McCarthy Chief Operations and People Officer, L.L. Bean Carolyn Nishon Executive Director, Portland Symphony Orchestra 15 S P E C I A L A DV E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N Anniversary business profiles 24 Aquaculture and fisheries 25 Bank mergers 26 Biotechnology 28 Call centers 30 Cannabis 32 Community colleges 34 Craft beer 36 Demographics 38 Health care 40 Higher education 42 Internet 44 Maine's brand 46 Manufacturing 48 Power grid 50 Real estate 54 Redevelopment: Downtowns 56 Redevelopment: Industrial space 58 Restaurants 60 Retail 62 Senators 63 Shipbuilding 64 Sports 66 Startups 68 Tourism 70 Women trailblazers Mainebiz presents a quarter-century retrospective of doing business in Maine, through the eyes of the state's industry leaders. 25