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F U L L C O N T E N T S O N PA G E 4 » M O R E I N S I D E T H E L I S T mainebiz.biz / printsub S U B S C R I B E S TA R T I N G O N P A G E 13 » P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 1 8 » No takers for crowdfunding program in Maine B y L o r i V a l i g r a M aine's crowdfunding law, which was heralded as a boon for start- ups when it went into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, has yielded no funding-raisings in its first year. Gregory Fryer, partner at Portland law firm Verrill Dana, says he knows of a few businesses considering a Maine crowd- funding offering, but does not know of anyone "who has pulled the trigger yet." Mainebiz found no companies on the Maine Crowdfunding Facebook page trying out Maine crowdfund- ing. Instead they opted for the popular IndieGoGo, Kickstarter and Barnraiser S E E W H O ' S N E X T O N PA G E 3 0 » Maine Medical Center in Portland tops our list of Maine's largest hospitals. 16 A healthy field of study A new program at UNE trains students for the rapidly growing field surrounding health information. 22 All hands on deck Boat manufacturers are finally seeing a return of customers. But they're having trouble finding qualified workers. 25 A compressed ski season Shawnee Peak, like other resorts, is keenly aware of climate change, packing more into a shorter season. F O C U S HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS MaineGeneral leads the way in workplace wellness B y J a m e s M c C a r t h y Michael Tardiff, a co-owner and director of communications at J.S. McCarthy Printers, talks with Denise Dumont-Bernier, director of Workplace Health at MaineGeneral, middle, and Kristen Easter, Workplace Health's wellness coordinator for the Augusta company, near an eight-color printing press. health, business Good good $2.00 February 22, 2016 VO L . X X I I N O. I V www.mainebiz.biz

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