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V O L . X X V I N O. X V J U LY 1 3 , 2 0 2 0 6 Maine businesses received $2B in PPP funds A total of 27,198 Maine businesses have received more than $2 billion altogether in emergency relief loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program. e U.S. Small Business Administration disclosed specific information about individual PPP loans for the first time since the program launched April 3. To date, the SBA has administered 4.9 million loans nationwide, totaling $521.2 billion and issued through 5,460 lenders. e program was created under the federal CARES Act. In Maine, 19 businesses received loans between $5 million and $10 million, the highest loan range broken out in the data. Proceeds allowed the companies to retain a total of roughly 6,500 jobs. Borrowers ranged from Alcom LLC, which produces aluminum trailers in Winslow, to forest industry manufacturer Woodland Pulp in Baileyville. N O T E W O R T H Y S T A T E W I D E U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced that the Eastern Maine Development Corp. was awarded $400,000 by the Economic Development Administration's CARES Act Recovery Assistance Program to support B U S I N E S S M A I N E Business news from around the state S T A T E W I D E S O U T H E R N the redevelopment and revitalization of small businesses in Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo and Hancock coun- ties that have suffered financial harm as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In other CARES Act funding, Maine farmers have been awarded a total of $7.75 million to date through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program; the Casco Bay Island Transit District was awarded $2.7 million to support operating, administrative and preven- tive maintenance costs. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services was awarded a total of $3 million to help provide free immuni- zations to eligible low-income children throughout the state of Maine. through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Immunization and Vaccines for Children Program. The department also received $974,168 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Smoking and Health to combat tobacco use among Maine youth throughout the state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm to School program awarded $100,000 to the Cumberland County Food Security Council, $97,391 to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and $48,415 to the Maine School Administrative District 30 to support child nutrition programs for the upcom- ing school year. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that that Maine Farmers Exchange, a Presque Isle distribution company, was awarded $2.1 million and Native Maine Produce & Specialty Foods, a Westbrook distribution company, was awarded $1.35 million to participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farmers to Families Food Box Program. CARES Act funds to help Portland renters Portland will make $500,000 available to help low-income households pay rent and utility bills as a result of the pandemic. e program will provide up to $750 per month for three months of rent assistance, for a total of $2,250, and B y P e t e r V a n A l l e n Mainebiz and two of its sister publications won several awards in the 2020 Editorial Excellence Awards from a key trade group. The Alliance of Area Business Publishers, which represents 70 publications, presented a bronze medal in the category of Best Overall Design for medium-sized newspapers to Mainebiz, citing two cover designs by Art Director Matt Selva. Also in the Best Overall Design category, the Worcester Business Journal's Mitchell Hayes won a silver medal, with the judges citing two covers in particular, "The Younger Crowd" and "Outstanding Women in Business." The Worcester publication also picked up gold medals for Best investigative Reporting, for "Tax Breaks: Paying for Growth," by News Editor Grant Welker; Best Editorial, for "Promote Diversity in the Marijuana Industry," by Editor Brad Kane; and Best Newspaper in the medium tabloids category. The Hartford Business Journal won gold medals for Best Recurring Feature, "Executive Profiles," by Sean Teehan; and "Broken System: Hartford's exorbitant commercial property tax curbs economic growth," by Editor Greg Bordonaro, News Editor Matt Pilon and Staff Writer Sean Teehan. It also won a silver medal for Best Local Coverage of a National Business/ Economic Story for "With their costs under fire, long-term care hospitals push back, pivot," by News Editor Matt Pilon. Mainebiz, the Worcester Business Journal, Hartford Business Journal and New Haven Biz are owned by Worcester, Mass.-based New England Business Media, which is led by CEO Peter Stanton. B R I E F $19.95 April 29, 2019 VO L . X X V N O. I X www.mainebiz.biz We look at 25 business trends since 1994 T U R N S 25 $2.00 October 14, 2019 VO L . X X V N O. X X I V www.mainebiz.biz F U L L C O N T E N T S O N PA G E 4 M I D C O A S T & D OW N E A S T M I D C O A S T & D OW N E A S T F O C U S B y L a u r i e S c h r e i B e r S TA R T I N G O N PA G E 1 4 Mainebiz and two of its sister publications won several awards in the 2020 Editorial Excellence Awards from a key trade group. Mainebiz and its sister publications in Hartford, Conn., and Worcester, Mass., won a slew of awards from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers. Pictured here are two covers designed by Mainebiz Art Director Matt Selva, who won a bronze medal for "Best Overall Design." Mainebiz and sister publications win national journalism awards

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