CEI Partners with Six Businesses for 2021 Maine Tastemakers Initiative
Nichole and Leon Sargent, Owners of Southpaw Packing dba Windham Butcher Shop. Photo: Coastal Enterprises, Inc. February 23, 2021 (Brunswick,…
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Maine Business and Higher Education Leaders Announce New Compact on Immigration
CONTACT:Beth Stickney, Esq., Executive Director of the Maine Business Immigration Coalition (MeBIC) bstickney@mainebic.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2021 Maine…
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Woodforest National Bank Named 2020 BAI Global Innovation Awards Finalist for Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 4, 2021 -- Woodforest National Bank® (Woodforest) is selected as a finalist in the Societal & Community Impact…
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Historic Hotel Reopens in Selma, Alabama with Investment from Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund
THE WOODLANDS, TX / January 26, 2021 / The Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund, a high-impact commercial real estate Opportunity Zone…
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Applications Now Open for Year Two of CEI's Child Care Business Lab
Applications Due on February 5 for Entrepreneurs Interested in Launching New Child Care Businesses in the Rim Counties or Lewiston…
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New Recipe Cookbook for Maine Farmed Sea Scallops
December 17, 2020 (Stonington, Maine) – “Farmed sea scallops from Maine.” That has a nice ring to it and now…
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CEI's 2020 Impact: Supporting Businesses in their Efforts to Stay Open during the Pandemic, Creating or Saving 600+ Jobs
December 2, 2020 – Brunswick, Maine -- Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) today reported its 2020 impact, a look at how…
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Portland Restaurants Receive $50,000 in Grant Funding to Help Prepare for Winter During the Pandemic
(Clockwise from top left) 1st photo: Sarah Guerette and Anna Ackerman of the CEI Women’s Business Center; Mary Allen Lindeman…
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CEI Receives $3.3 Million EDA Award for Revolving Loan Fund to Meet the Immediate and Long-Term Economic Development Needs of Small Businesses in Maine’s Coastal Counties
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2020 (Brunswick, ME)—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced a $3,278,000 award…
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Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund Closes over $1.3 Million Opportunity Zone Equity Investment in Sharswood Ridge Project to Help Revitalize Philadelphia's Sharswood Neighborhood
Mixed-use, partnership-driven project delivers affordable housing, grocery and health care access, and hundreds of jobs Pictured here is an image…
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