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produced by her twin sister Amber
Lambke's company Maine Grains,
to help build her student's dexterity
and independence that the idea for
a business, and a workforce model,
were born.
"I had been using local grains in
my job in special education to teach
functional life skills. We were utiliz-
ing Maine Grains' products to make
a pizza dough that my students were
selling in pizza kits," Kerner says.
"From that idea was born the idea
for the Good Crust, that we could
accomplish two goals by starting
our company. Number one, we were
looking to source a pizza dough that
was made with 100% Maine grains.
Number two, I set out to use the
Good Crust as a platform for work-
force development."
Kerner had an excellent idea, con-
nections to source ingredients and
decades of therapeutic experience to
support her goals, what she lacked
was experience running a business
and the funds to get started. For this,
she turned to Maine robust system
of entrepreneurial support, starting
with the Women's Business Center
at CEI.
" The City of Brewer
has helped us locate
and secure the right
resources to enable
us to thrive and grow
in Maine. Brewer
is centrally located,
making it a great home
for Troy Industrial!"
Bre MacLean
General Manager of
Troy Industrial Solutions
D'arcy Main-Boyington
Economic Development Director
ecdev@brewermaine.gov / 207-989-7500
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Find out what doing
business in Brewer
can mean for you.
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From left, Sarah Guerette, director of the CEI Women's Business Centers; Diane Sturgeon, Maine district
director for the U.S. Small Business Administration; Betsy Biemann, CEO of Coastal Enterprises Inc.;
and Grace Mo-Phillips, program director of the new CEI Women's Business Center South, in Portland.
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