Mainebiz | Augusta http://www.mainebiz.biz/ Get the latest news about Augusta en-us <![CDATA[GenX Capital closes financing for pioneering Opportunity Zone project in Augusta]]> 2019-04-03T11:09:07
GenX Capital Partners of Miami has closed on financing for the redevel
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The $100,000 in Bicentennial Marketing Grants will provide matching ma
]]> 2019-03-25T10:20:30 /ARTICLE/20190325/NEWS01/190329974 <![CDATA[Former small-business advocate Schaffer will head ConnectME]]> 2019-03-21T15:51:03
Schaffer will lead the boradband agency after being a small-business a
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The initiatives, which include financial incentives to buy electric ve
]]> 2019-03-21T11:17:38 /ARTICLE/20190321/NEWS01/190329984 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190321/NEWS01/190329984/AR/0/AR-190329984.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Maine DOT marches into March Madness with bridge bracket]]> 2019-03-21T10:55:29
Hopping aboard the March Madness bandwagon, the Maine Department of Tr
]]> 2019-03-21T10:55:29 /ARTICLE/20190321/NEWS01/190329986 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190321/NEWS01/190329986/AR/0/AR-190329986.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Maine Arts Commission opens nominations for 2019 awards]]> 2019-03-20T10:36:31
The awards, held for the first time last year, recognize individuals a
]]> 2019-03-20T10:36:31 /ARTICLE/20190320/NEWS01/190329996 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190320/NEWS01/190329996/AR/0/AR-190329996.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Mills signs law strengthening health care coverage for all Mainers]]> 2019-03-20T10:20:25
The measure, introduced in January by Senate President Troy Jackson, D
]]> 2019-03-20T10:20:25 /ARTICLE/20190320/NEWS01/190329998 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190320/NEWS01/190329998/AR/0/AR-190329998.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Labor, small businesses differ on minimum wage bills]]> 2019-03-19T10:58:00
The Maine AFL-CIO urged lawmakers Monday to reject several bills that
]]> 2019-03-19T10:58:00 /ARTICLE/20190319/NEWS01/190319941 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190319/NEWS01/190319941/AR/0/AR-190319941.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Kelley Kash, CEO of Maine Veterans' Homes, is changing the culture of housing veterans]]> 2019-03-18T06:00:00
Maine Veterans' Homes, a nonprofit, is building a $90 million, 138-bed
]]> 2019-03-18T06:00:00 /ARTICLE/20190318/CURRENTEDITION/303159991 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190318/CURRENTEDITION/303159991/AR/0/AR-303159991.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Mills' supplemental budget approved, signed]]> 2019-03-15T11:08:39
The $7.5 million package removes the time limit on Medicaid-funded met
]]> 2019-03-15T11:08:39 /ARTICLE/20190315/NEWS01/190319958 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190315/NEWS01/190319958/AR/0/AR-190319958.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Maine union workers unveil 2019 legislative agenda]]> 2019-03-15T10:58:56
Members of more than 50 labor unions gather at the State House on the
]]> 2019-03-15T10:58:56 /ARTICLE/20190315/NEWS01/190319959 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190315/NEWS01/190319959/AR/0/AR-190319959.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[ Maine Community College System president calls for investment in Maine workers]]> 2019-03-15T10:27:59
Maine Community College System President, David Daigler told the Legis
]]> 2019-03-15T10:27:59 /ARTICLE/20190315/NEWS01/190319964 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190315/NEWS01/190319964/AR/0/AR-190319964.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Maine DOL offering courses on hiring minors, navigating changes in wage laws]]> 2019-03-14T10:59:15
A free wage and hour compliance assistance course, as well as a separa
]]> 2019-03-14T10:59:15 /ARTICLE/20190314/NEWS01/190319971 <![CDATA[South Berwick property developers shift focus with Augusta residential buy]]> 2019-03-04T14:13:37
Remington Street Properties' focus has been on Portland in recent year
]]> 2019-03-04T14:13:37 /ARTICLE/20190304/NEWS01/190309982 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190304/NEWS01/190309982/AR/0/AR-190309982.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Augusta Downtown pop-up retail program aimed at building Water, Front street presence]]> 2019-02-27T17:17:58
Augusta Downtown Alliance, private property owners have partnered on a
]]> 2019-02-27T17:17:58 /ARTICLE/20190227/NEWS01/190229951 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190227/NEWS01/190229951/AR/0/AR-190229951.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Bankrupt Payless to close all its stores in Maine]]> 2019-02-19T11:04:32
Payless ShoeSource Inc., a discount footwear retailer based in Topeka,
]]> 2019-02-19T11:04:32 /ARTICLE/20190219/NEWS0101/190219948 <![CDATA[UMA Architecture Program student show underway]]> 2019-02-06T16:10:07
Work from students in the state's only five-year professional artchite
]]> 2019-02-06T16:10:07 /ARTICLE/20190206/NEWS01/190209967 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190206/NEWS01/190209967/AR/0/AR-190209967.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Coffee shop opens in long-vacant downtown Augusta space]]> 2019-02-06T16:00:35
Dutch-style Huiskamer Coffee House, in the Macomber Block, 216 Water S
]]> 2019-02-06T16:00:35 /ARTICLE/20190206/NEWS01/190209968 http://www.mainebiz.biz/storyimage/MA/20190206/NEWS01/190209968/AR/0/AR-190209968.jpg&MaxW=72&maxh=72 <![CDATA[Maine Veterans' Homes $90 million Augusta development to begin]]> 2019-01-23T13:35:07
The 'small house' four building complex will be the first like it in t
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