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V O L . X X I X N O. X V I I I A U G U S T 2 1 , 2 0 2 3 4 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 DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen MANAGING EDITOR / DIGITAL OPERATIONS William Hall SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER Alexis Wells CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster, Malcolm HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson Kerry Rasor Betsy VanderPloeg MARKETING/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Alison Nason OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen P H O T O / J I M N E U G E R C O N T E N T S Loring's flight plan Turning the former Air Force base into a regional aviation, aerospace hub 14 20 Calling all chefs With the increase in visitors, Bangor is looking to add restaurants to the downtown offerings G R E AT E R B A N G O R / N O R T H E R N M A I N E F O C U S R E G I O N A L T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 3 » Celebrate and network with the 2023 honorees Brick South (Thompson's Point), Portland November 8 / 5:00 — 7:00pm Join us for the 2nd annual award reception recognizing 40 outstanding young leaders who are shaking up Maine's business community and leading us into the future. S PONS OR ED BY FOR MOR E IN FO A N D TO R EG IS TER G O TO MA IN EBI Z .BI Z /N E X T U P23 Thank you to all those who submitted nominations for this year's awards. Honorees will be announced in the October 2 edition of Mainebiz. P H O T O / S O U B A N H P H A N T H AY 20 Betsy Lundy, director of the Downtown Bangor Partnership A fighter jet at the Loring Air Museum, which displays artifacts from the Cold War-era base.

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