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Portland Museum
of Art reimagines
its mission
B y J a m e s M c C a r t h y
M
ark Bessire, director of the Portland
Museum of Art, readily acknowl-
edges it's a fair question to ask why the
museum is engaged in a multi-year eff ort
to reimagine itself when its metrics are
strong and its collections include paint-
ings by Winslow Homer and others that
would be coveted by much larger muse-
ums across the country.
Yes, he agrees with a smile, the
museum maintains one of highest per-
centages of members per capita in the
country, with 8,200 members generating
more than $600,000 in unrestricted funds
for the museum in its 2014-15 fi scal year.
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The Maine State Chamber of
Commerce tops our list of Maine's
largest chambers of commerce.
9 Sustainable forestry
Forestry Stewardship
Council certifies
AMC's forest
management
practices in Maine.
20 Patriot Insurance
Yarmouth rolls out
welcome mat for
insurance company's
Route 1 development
project.
25 Bank expands in Portland
People's United Bank
adds a branch and a
new headquarters at
former site of Merrill
Lynch in Portland.
Business clusters along Forest Avenue
tell the story of immigrant contributions
to Maine's economy
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Tae Chong of CEI talks with
Babylon Restaurant co-owner
Nagham Rikan in the restaurant
on Forest Avenue in Portland.
New Mainers
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January 25, 2016
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