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Maine department of economic and community development

Published
April 8, 2025

Community Resource Fair draws 100 for support, connection, food at Fayette school

The April 5 Resource Health Fair in Fayette brought together over 100 residents, volunteers and vendors for a day of networking, community support and free services.
Published
March 4, 2025

Leader of business innovation program picked for Maine’s top economic development post

Mike Duguay is set to become the next commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
Published
January 6, 2025

Maine economic development commissioner steps down

Heather Johnson's last day will be March 1.
Published
September 25, 2024

Maine names new director of outdoor recreation

Jeff McCabe, a former Democratic majority leader in the Maine House, succeeds Carolann Ouellette, who has returned to a previous role as Maine's director of tourism.
Published
September 24, 2024

Two of Maine’s most rural counties need to build more housing more quickly, state says

A report published Tuesday includes targets that each county should hit to meet a statewide goal of adding 84,000 homes by 2030. But it falls short of issuing any mandates.

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Published
March 26, 2023

Our View: ‘One-stop shop’ for new residents has untold potential

Whether or not Maine gets the federal waiver on asylum seeker work authorization it desires, the state must be ready and waiting for it.
Published
February 8, 2022

Hallowell City Council rejects ice arena tax break plan, asks for revisions

The council unanimously rejected a proposal to extend the agreement with the Camden National Bank Ice Vault and agreed to rework the amendment to not have a negative impact on local taxes.
Published
September 22, 2021

Our View: Maine can’t prove tax credit program works

The lack of reliable data makes it impossible to know whether a business development program was just an investor giveaway.
Published
October 26, 2020

As new deadline approaches, employers take issue with emergency grant program

Confusing application language and requirements may have sunk chances for some struggling small businesses and nonprofits to get assistance in the state program's first phase.
Published
June 29, 2020

Hallowell officials ask DECD to amend error in city’s TIF district documents

Andrea Smith, the state Department of Economic and Community Development's director of tax incentive programs, said her department has been working with the city to address this matter since last year.