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B I Z 3 Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine Q UA L I T Y O F L I F E Maine's brand appeal resonates with a number of companies. . . 4 10 leaders for Maine's economic future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 Businesses that should be on your radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 List: Maine's most popular tourist attractions . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Population data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Education data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Income data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Housing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Finance data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Commentary: 7 reasons Portland's East End is on the rise . . . 22 C E O I N T E RV I E W Ben Conniff and Luke Holden, co-founders of Luke's Lobster. . . 24 S P E C I A L A DV E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N Business Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 B U S I N E S S R E S O U R C E S Commentary: Don't overlook nonprofits' role in the Maine economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Commentary: This environmentalist favors CMP's $950M transmission corridor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 How to manage a business with your spouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Maine SBA staff listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SBA's resource partners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 SCORE; Small Business Development Centers; Women's Business Centers SBA business loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Basic 7(a) Loan program; Company loan programs (504 Loans); Microloan program SBA contracting programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 HUBZone; Women-owned Small Business Federal Contract Program; Service-disabled veteran- owned small business; Maine Procurement Technical Assistance Center; Small Disadvantaged Business; 8(a) Business Development Program SBA participating lenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 How to understand why your company needs a privacy policy . . 50 How to bulletproof your company in the battle for talent in all labor markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Maine offers small business help through FAME . . . . . . . . . . 52 How to use your company's social media to attract mainstream media attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 How to grow your business given today's demographic reality . . 55 How to Make your website accessible to everyone . . . . . . . . . 56 How to avoid the 'leadership dip' in a new role . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Manufacturing resources are abundant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 The Manufacturing Extension Partnership offers help C E O I N T E RV I E W Kate McAleer, Founder of Bixby & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 I N N OVAT I O N / R & D Innovation's family tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Maine's home-grown science is coming into its own Q&A with Beth Shissler and Don Oakes of Sea Bags . . . . . . . 66 A brand connected to Maine — and the water Boatbuilders expanding their product line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Composite technology is being applied to a range of industries Q&A with Sharon Corwin, Director and Chief Curator of the Colby College Museum of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Director of a growing museum List: Maine's largest brewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 List: Maine's largest chambers of commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 List: Maine's National Institutes of Health grant recipients . . . 73 S P E C I A L A DV E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 C E O I N T E RV I E W Michael F. Brigham, President and CEO of ImmuCell Corp. . . . . 84 WO R K F O R C E Q&A with Stewart Workman, founder of SW Boatworks. . . . . . . 86 A boatbuilder with Downeast styles and a TV pedigree Manufacturing's workforce is growing again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 But it's a long way from pre-recession numbers Employment data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 C E O I N T E RV I E W Andi Vigue, CEO of Cianbro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 I N F R A S T R U C T U R E / D I S T R I B U T I O N Getting down to business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Maine's first industrial park in 25 years in 'the new Scarborough' Infrastructure map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Airports; intermodal facilities; deep water ports; rail lines; Amtrak service; priority roads Energy data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Maine's Breweries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Growing numbers and a surge in rural breweries Building permits on the rise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 But can't touch pre-recession numbers List: Largest Maine-based construction companies . . . . . . . 104 List: Maine's largest business and industrial parks . . . . . . . 105 Import / Export data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 M E E T I N G S / E V E N T S List: Maine's entertainment & sporting venues . . . . . . . . . . 108 List: Maine's largest hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 C O N T E N T S CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Jim Milliken RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson Andrea Tetzlaff Betsy VanderPloeg AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Kelly Ansley MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber 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 Copyright 2019. 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