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V O L . X X V I I N O. I JA N UA R Y 1 1 , 2 0 2 1 4 PUBLISHER Donna Brassard EDITOR Peter Van Allen DIGITAL EDITOR William Hall SENIOR WRITER Renee Cordes SENIOR WRITER Maureen Milliken SENIOR WRITER Laurie Schreiber ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR Andrea Tetzlaff SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Ken Hanson SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER Betsy VanderPloeg MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mark Jeanneret, Jim Milliken, Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Timothy Doyle 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 Tom Curtin C F O / C O O Mary Rogers GROUP PUBLISHER Donna Brassard DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder C O N T E N T S No one saw 2020 coming, and yet … Real estate remained a hot commodity, along with outdoor gear 12 14 Challenges and expectations for 2021 After a year of adaptation, business leaders are better prepared 21 On the Record Economist Jeff Fuhrer, a former executive vice president and senior policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 2 0 2 1 E C O N O M I C F O R E C A S T F O C U S HERE FOR YOU YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW. STRONGER TOGETHER. sbsavings.bank | (207) 284-4591 P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F J E F F F U H R E R F I L E P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY 21 14 Steve Hewins, CEO of Hospitality Maine 12 P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y M A I N E B U R E A U O F I N S U R A N C E Telehealth has "been an absolute revolution" says Joanne Rawlings- Sekunda of the Maine Bureau of Insurance.