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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 7 JA N UA R Y 9 , 2 0 1 7 N O T E W O R T H Y S T A T E W I D E The Maine Health Access Foundation, a private, nonprofi t health care foundation in Augusta, selected 11 Maine communi- ties to implement projects in the founda- tion's Healthy Community grant initiative. Grants were awarded to Aroostook Band of Micmacs, Netukulimk Community Health and Wellness; Aroostook County Action Program Inc., Healthy Houlton; city of Bangor, Health & Community Services, Greater Bangor/Brewer Healthy Communities through Recovery Coaching and Collaboration; Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County, Health Opportunities through Poverty Elimination; MaineGeneral Health, Healthy Northern Kennebec, Healthy Waterville: Increasing Community Connections and Access to Healthy Food for All; Penobscot Bay YMCA, Knox County Community Health Coalition, Voices of Knox County…Working Together for a Healthy Community; The Opportunity Alliance, Communities Promoting Health Coalition, Healthy Youth-Healthy Lake Region; Western Maine Community Action, Healthy Neighborhoods Lewiston/Auburn; and Western Maine Health Care Corp., Oxford County Wellness Collaborative, Infusing Social Capital Development to Increase Effectiveness of Community Interventions, $187,500; Redington- Fairview General Hospital, Greater Somerset Public Health Collaborative, Achieving Better Health in Jackman: The Aging Project, $187,499; and Piscataquis Regional YMCA, Feel Good Piscataquis! Healthy Food for All, $185,334. The Foundation also award- ed a total of $600,000 in grant sup- port over three years to Millinocket Regional Hospital and Washington Hancock Community Agency/ Community Caring Collaborative. The funds, part of the Foundation's Thriving in Place initiative, will be used to con- tinue to develop partnership networks and gather broad-based input from within its communities to identify prior- ity areas of focus for its efforts. Tyler Tech lands $16.8M state contract Tyler Technologies Inc. signed a $16.8 million contract with the Maine Judicial Branch to implement a unifi ed electronic case management system for all courts and types of legal cases in the state. e 10-year contract will create a unifi ed e-fi ling court management sys- tem specifi cally designed to serve judges and clerks that also includes a portal for public access allowing citizens, attorneys and other stakeholders to use web-browsing technology and comput- ers to review cases in any Maine court. Maine will use the company's "Odyssey File and Serve" case management system, which has been implemented or is being deployed statewide in 11 other states and serves more than 600 counties with a combined population of 100 million people. Plano, Texas- based Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) has its local base in Yarmouth. In coming years it plans to double its current Maine workforce of 584 employees to 1,100. S O U T H E R N Martha Stewart donates $1M to Acadia — Park happens to be one of Martha's 'favorite good things' Tyler Technologies lands $16.8M contract with Maine's court system — Paper trail to go digital U.S.-made footwear provision now the law — Military will finally have 'Made in America' shoes Minimum pay goes up — again — at Bangor Savings — Walking the walk on paying a 'living wage' Oldest Bath-built wooden vessel acquired by MMM — Beautiful schooner returns to original home port Maine population growing but seeing more deaths than births — One way or another, we need more young people York County casino advocates hoping for 2017 vote — Rolling the dice in a saturated market Maine's economic growth still lags in rural areas — Time for a turnaround jumpstart Easton bank, health clinic announce closures — Let's hope they're short-term vacancies Heating fuel prices continue upward climb — High cost of keeping warm C R E D I T S & D E B I T S 866.736.2804 mainebls.com EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT | REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ACQUISITION Streamlined Lending Process Gets the Deal Done Quickly Loans from $50,000 to $20,000,000 Exceptional Service and Communication Lending Throughout Maine

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