The results are in! Learn what the evaluation of the Farms for the Future disclosed ... 

Ron Phillips, President of CEI, speaks on public television’s “Conversations with Maine.” 

Maine Legislature Passes Model Anti-Predatory Lending Bill.

Review LD 1869 here.

Predatory Mortgages in Maine Recent Trends and the Persistence of Abusive Lending Practices. A joint report issued by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. and the Center for Responsible Lending, 2006.

CEI receives SCED award for CED excellence. 

Announcing the publication, Telling Their Stories: Women Business Owners in Western Maine 

Read about NMTC's $120 million allocation to CEI.

CEI worked with a broad coalition to get the Office of Consumer Credit Regulations to study the impacts of payday lending.   

The Maine Working Waterfront Coalition works to help save commercial fishing access properties.

Number of Staff   
85

Number of loans/ investments outstanding
626

Capital under management/committed
$371 million

Businesses financed
1,832

Loan dollars invested
$268.7 million

Amount leveraged
$857.8 million

Businesses/people counseled
23,925

Full-time jobs at loan closing
22,099

Affordable housing units created/preserved
1,162

Child care slots created/preserved
4,519