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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 7 S E P T E M B E R 1 8 , 2 0 2 3 The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention received $450,000 for Alzheimer's disease prevention and care programs through the Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services received $1.2 million through the Health Resources and Services Administration's State Maternal Health Innovation program. The goal of the program is to expand on and improve resources for maternal health in Maine and the U.S. Tide comes in for Portland's container-ship traffic e volume of container shipping has declined in most U.S. and European ports. But Portland bucked the trend last year, with growth of 4% to 5%. More growth is expected this year, with shipments totaling 45,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units, passing through Maine's only container port. Portland has seen steady growth in cargo carried by the Icelandic shipping firm Eimskip, which operates out of Portland's International Marine Terminal. Eimskip travels to a variety of interna- tional markets and has seen consistent volume and direct service to Europe, including imports of fresh salmon from Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Portland's capacity for handling such goods should also get a boost soon. A $55 million, 107,000-square-foot cold-storage warehouse on the city's waterfront is headed toward comple- tion next February, and could take the port and the state to a higher level in the realm of international trade. N O T E W O R T H Y S O U T H E R N Woods at Canco, a Holiday by Atria independent living community in Portland, announced that it has begun a $2 million renovation project for capital upgrades in design and ameni- ties. The upgrades are expected to be completed this winter. The city of Portland's Public Health Division was selected as a recipi- ent of a $4 million grant from the S O U T H E R N C R E D I T S & D E B I T S Leave your mark on the world. Make an impression before your clients even walk in the door. Welch Sign is Maine's premiere full-service sign vendor. Start your design at welchsign.com. Acadia National Park tourism added $479M to Maine economy in 2022, down slightly — That's what 4 million visitors can do Container shipping falters at world's largest ports, but Portland bucks trend — And a $55 million cold-storage facility will come online in February 2024 'Free College' program offer spurs enrollment gain at Southern Maine Community College — No doubt Thomaston cement plant will be 'idled,' lay off 65 workers — A big question is, What will happen to the 900 acres the plant sits on? Jet engine defect will cost North Berwick plant's parent company billions of dollars — Better to catch it now Bar Harbor will need an estimated 600 housing units in next decade, report warns — In recent years, the town has registered nearly the same number of short-term rentals P H O T O / K E N T M I L L E R , N AT I O N A L PA R K S E R V I C E The summit of Cadillac Mountain, one of Acadia's most popular attractions

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