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V O L . X X V I I N O. X M AY 1 7 , 2 0 2 1 4 C O N T E N T S Chambers shift focus to stay relevant Without live events, Maine's chambers get creative to connect with members and generate revenue Hot wheels Maine food trucks are growing at a fast clip Small businesses keep their cool Across Maine, small businesses are dealing with the negative and looking for the positive 24 20 14 27 Maine's largest SBA loans 28 Small businesses, big support Last year Maine's Small Business Development Centers supported more than double the number of clients it had in 2019 S M A L L B U S I N E S S F O C U S I N D U S T R Y T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 3 ยป PUBLISHER Peter Stanton 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 MANAGERS Ken Hanson, Betsy VanderPloeg ACCOUNT MANAGER Bonnie Dougherty MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Valerie Clark CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 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 / GROUP PUBLISHER Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T Tom Curtin C F O / C O O Mary Rogers DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder P H O T O / DAV E C L O U G H L O G O / C O U R T E S Y O F D E M I L L O ' S P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y T R A I L S I D E G A R D E N S Captains Justin Schaefer and Jocelyn Schmidt bought the 120-foot passenger schooner J.&E. Riggin in February and are booking up quickly. 14 28 20 Pauline Eldredge of Trailside Gardens in Abbott.