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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 7 M AY 3 0 , 2 0 1 6 Landing featuring the L.L.Bean Learning Commons and Health Science Center and the Orion Residence Hall. The MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization in Portland was awarded a $70,000 grant from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to improve communication across pediatric and family medicine practices through the standardization of pediatric specialist referrals. The Dolben Company Inc. in Woburn, Mass., announced that it assumed the management of Redbank Village and Liberty Commons in South Portland. The properties, totaling 620 rental units, are owned by Jones Street Investment Partners in Hingham, Mass. Messer Petroleum Equipment, a division of Messer Truck Equipment, moved to 184 Main St. in South Portland. Smith & Wilkinson, a boutique execu- tive search fi rm in Scarborough, said it donated over $31,000 to nonprofi t organizations in 2015. People's United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People's United Bank in Portland, teamed up with DonorsChoose.org to donate more than $13,000 to Maine schools, which funded 29 projects, reaching more than 1,800 students across the state. Maine Medical Center in Portland opened The Hannaford Team Training Facility for Safe Patient Care, a medi- cal team training facility outfi tted with patient simulators at its Bramhall Campus. The facility will have a patient room, where medical teams including residents, nurses and therapists can practice actual emergency situations. USDA grants focus on biomass, forest products e Maine Forest Service will get $380,170 in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, includ- ing $130,170 to establish a support technical, outreach and fi nancial assis- tance program for Maine's biomass industry and $250,000 to fund an outreach program for forest products markets issues. e biomass industry assistance team will deliver techni- cal, outreach and fi nancial assistance to interested individuals, communi- ties and organizations in addition to working to promote high effi ciency, low emissions biomass heating tech- nology through outreach, education and technical assistance. N O T E W O R T H Y C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N OTT Communications in New Gloucester announced it secured two ConnectME Authority matching grants totaling $52,000 that will allow the company to provide high-speed fi ber optic broadband service to many unserved residents of Gray, New Gloucester and Lowell. C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N Ellsworth gets a taste of Jamaica with new eatery — Caribbean cuisine expands in Maine MTI awards $665K for tech- focused development in state — Leveraging private capital Former Ames location will bounce back into use — New trampoline park in Orono MDI Biological Lab finds new way to heal wounds — Lowly fruit flies provide key clue Harvard Pilgrim foundation awards $37K to four Maine food initiatives — Healthy food for every age Aging workforce, lack of skilled workers leads to worker shortage in construction — Can't build if there are no workers Robbinston natural gas project to be put on market — Project runs out of gas, needs a refill Rise in expenses, drop in volume leads to Ellsworth lab closure — Double-whammy delivers death knell Low occupancy rate leads to changes at Portland landmark — Wanted: Investor with 'vision and money' Maine gas prices rise above both New Hampshire, Vermont — Not a competition we want to be leading EVERYBODY LEADS Engaged. Empowered. Team Hancock. "There is a great deal of power to be tapped in creating an organization where everybody leads... where everybody's empowered." –Kevin Hancock Learn more online: HancockLumber.com/Employment Proud recipient for the second year in a row! 207-989-3410 wsemerson.com