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Targeted Loan Programs PDF Print E-mail

There are several areas where CEI offers more detailed information about the loan process. This could mean that there is a separate application, different requirements, or that we have specific counseling available to aid you in your application process. Each of the below links has more specific information about what CEI offers for each targeted sector.

Farms or Farmers Markets

SBA 504

Waterfront and Fisheries

Women Businesses

Child Care Businesses

Refugees and Immigrant Businesses

Our subsidiaries also offer Venture Capital loans and New Markets Tax Credit financing

 

CEI IN THE NEWS!

U.S. Finance Expert Encourages Banking Investment in Maine Communities
At CEI's 32nd Annual Meeting, Ellen Seidman, Exec. VP of ShoreBank in Chicago, and Sr. Research Fellow with the New America Foundation in Washington, DC, urged Maine bankers and community activists to consider “greater community investment…meeting the actual needs of the community, not just counting dollars invested.” See full speech.

See annual meeting remarks by Ron Phillips, CEO, on triple bottom line investing and the next 5 years for CEI…

See the 12/14/09 article on CEI and the state of investing in communities. It’s where mission happens…

CEI Receives $125 Million in NMTC  Through its subsidiary, CEI Capital Management LLC, CEI will use the allocation to attract private capital investments for primarily rural economic development projects. See press release here.

CEI Receives Investment Funds
In partnership with Manufacturers Association of Maine, CEI will receive $765,000 over from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services (OCS), to finance several job-generating small-to-medium enterprises. This funding will create 78 full-time, year-round jobs.  Read press release here. 

Bangor Savings Bank and CEI offer low-interest loans to small and medium-sized enterprises in disadvantaged areas in Maine. Read more here.

Why Invest in Natural Resources?

CEI has been investing in farms, forests and fisheries for nearly thirty years - it's part of our roots. In the fisheries industry alone, we have mobilized over $40 million for 160 enterprises.

We invest because we value the resources and because, as a society, we have a lot to lose if we don't. Entire communities, industries, family incomes, and even cultural diversity will wither without targeted investment and preservation. Skyrocketing land values are forcing farmers, fisherman and small woodlot owners to sell. Meanwhile, depleted resources, regulation and foreign competition can drive many out of business.

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