The Galvan Foundation
In many communities, “development” has become synonymous with gentrification - the displacement of long-time, lower-income residents who cannot afford rising…
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Aqua ViTea
“One of the greatest challenges we’ve faced as a company in rural Vermont has been building a qualified workforce to…
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Rwanda Bean Coffee
Rwanda Bean Company (RBC) was founded Portland, Maine, by Mike Mwenedata, with a mission to support coffee farmers in Rwanda,…
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Falafel Time
Qutaiba Hassoon grew up in the restaurant business, helping out as a teen at Haggarty’s, a popular Portland, Maine, neighborhood…
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Il Leone
Ben Wexler-Waite knows a thing or two about seasonality. His home on Peaks Island sees its population double each summer…
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Wandering Goat
Since 2013, Tanya Rudy and her mother Cheryl have been making handcrafted soaps from their family farm in Midcoast Maine.…
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Saddleback Mountain Ski Resort
Saddleback Mountain Ski Resort has served as the economic engine of the Rangeley Lakes region in Franklin County, Maine, for…
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Experience Maine
Being a tourist-based business in Maine is nothing new, but the quarantine limitations and restrictions place on it this tourist…
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Lāna‘i Community Health Center
Residents of Lāna‘i, Hawai‘i’s smallest inhabited island, are largely Filipino and Native Hawaiian, and 10.3% of households face some level…
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GSD Home Improvement
In the midst of a global pandemic that has many small business owners focused on saving their existing businesses, there…
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