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V o l . X X I N o. I Ja N ua r y 1 2 , 2 0 1 5 4 Publisher Donna Brassard editor Peter Van Allen online editor Dylan Martin senior Writers James McCarthy, Lori Valigra e d i t o r i a l a s s i s ta n t Mark Jeanneret Senior account managerS Ken Hanson, Andrea Tetzlaff, Betsy VanderPloeg audience development coordinator Kelly Ansley eventS/marketing manager Rebekah Roy HoSpitality emerituS Zoey Contributing writers Alison Hinson, Bob Holtzman, Justin Lamontagne, Doug Packard, Douglas Rooks, Laurie Schreiber eDitoriAL reseArCHer Roger Magnus reseArCH AssistAnt Heide Martin CreAtive DireCtor Jan Holder AssoCiAte Art DireCtor Matt Selva A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O Peter Stanton PrEsidEnt, GrOuP PublishEr Joe Zwiebel C F O Mary Rogers 1 C o n t e n t s 16 1 5 on the Future Five economists give us their outlook for 2015 New year brings change to PUC tom welch reflects on 15 years guiding energy policy in Maine TLC for a legacy inn the Rangeley inn & tavern comes back to life under new owner 20 C e n t r a l & W e s t e r n M a i n e F O C U S 22 Specialty coffee grows beyond its urban roots in the valley below sugarloaf, Carrabassett Coffee grows p h o t o / r u s s d i l l i n g h a M p h o t o / Ja M e s M C C a r t h y 20 Travis Ferland, owner of the Rangeley Inn & Tavern, with Jennifer Farmer, the inn's sales manager. In the past 18 months, Ferland has upgraded the inn while Farmer has increased bookings.