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January 26, 2016

Tae Chong and CEI StartSmart Program Featured in Mainebiz For Work With Immigrant Business Owners

Immigrants key ‘to what Maine needs to solve its demographic challenges’
Tae Chong, a Business Advisor for CEI’s StartSmart program, was interviewed by Mainebiz in an article that examines the impact immigrant workers and business owners continue to have on the economic vitality of the state.

The full article can be read here.

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12 Months of Impact: CEI Increases Access to Capital & Opportunity in Maine and Across the U.S.

U.S. Treasury Awards $90 Million in New Markets Tax Credit Capacity to CEI Capital Management

NBT CEI-Boulos Impact Fund Celebrates Next Phase of Troy’s Flanigan Square Transformation Project with New Affordable Housing and Central Rock Gym Opening

CEI Capital Management LLC Provides $9 Million of New Markets Tax Credit Financing to Cairnspring Mills

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