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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 3 JA N UA R Y 2 4 , 2 0 2 2 Featured @ Mainebiz.biz For a daily digest of Maine's top business news, sign up for the Mainebiz Daily Report at mainebiz.biz/enews Get Maine's business news daily at mainebiz.biz and on Twitter (@Mainebiz). Below is our most popular content for the period from Jan. 3–17. 1. More evidence that Maine has become a move-in destination 2. In Portland, Old Port watering hole has a new but familiar owner 3. Cummings, who plans to leave USM in June, to oversee two foundations 4. Synagogue Apartments adds luxury touch to Auburn's development efforts 5. Roux Institute picks 5 startups for residency program 6. Amid pandemic shutdowns, a Portland delivery company found a niche 7. 20 Maine leaders offer New Year's resolutions for 2022 8. Family-owned Bangor trucking company sold to Canadian conglomerate 9. Sebago Brewing leaving Portland to invest in other locations, canning 10. Maine banks weigh branch curbs, other responses amid growing COVID concerns P H O T O / C O U R T E S Y O F U - H A U L 1 bernsteinshur.com Be valued. BE SHUR. We're lawyers in the business of your success. From the Editor E arlier this month, I jumped at a chance to talk to a management class in Presque Isle. With the shutdowns and restrictions of the past two years, it had been too long since I'd been up to Aroostook County. I was somewhat surprised to hear that many of the issues we hear about every day in southern Maine are also concerns in the County. e rising cost of housing, the lack of workers and the general shortage of young people entering the workforce are common topics in the Portland market, certainly, but it was a good reminder that they're also state- wide and national issues. Along those lines, Mainebiz recently polled business leaders about their most pressing need for 2022. Far and away the largest portion, 54%, cited staffing as the No. 1 priority for investment this year. For more on that survey, see the "Southern Maine Roundup" on Page 22. Our cover story focuses on Sanford's transi- tion from being a textile manufacturing center to a more diverse hub for a range of industries. In our cover story, Laurie Schreiber digs into some of the changes in "Bullish on Sanford," which starts on Page 14. South Portland has seen a wave of independent shops and purveyors opening in various neighbor- hoods, as Renee Cordes reports. From a vintage home decor store to a raw bar, we have more in "SoPo's mojo," which starts on Page 18. Peter Van Allen pvanallen@mainebiz.biz Southern Maine's challenges and opportunities are also Maine's CORRECTION: In the Mainebiz 2022 Book of Lists, the list of Maine's largest colleges and universities incorrectly stated that Husson University does not charge tuition or fees to in-state students. Husson's tuition and comprehensive fee for one academic year with a full load of credits is $20,430. V I E W P O I N T S The rising cost of housing, the lack of workers and the general shortage of young people entering the workforce are common topics everywhere in Maine.

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