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is year, additional customers include
people moving to the area and Mainers
on staycations. Additional revenue
comes from rentals in the building's
upper stories.
"We've been able to take care of
our employees, which was important
to us," she says. "We feel pretty posi-
tive and excited to see what the future
holds."
Her sense is that more people are
discovering the Downeast region.
"During the pandemic, people had
more free time to look online and see
stores that maybe they wouldn't have
before," she says. "We also had a lot of
customers who once lived in our area.
ey were calling to see if we would
ship products, to help support us as a
store in their hometown."
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P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y M A C H I A S R I V E R G E N E R A L S T O R E
We've been able
to take care of our
employees, which
was important to us.
— Gina Finn
Machias River General Store
Gina and Harry Finn and Isaiah and
Caissie Roberts established Machias
River General Store in 2019 and found
new customers during the pandemic.
