Category: Press Release

Mission-Driven Lenders Offer Loans to Boost Business Recovery

May 18, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) - Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), Community Concepts Finance Corp and MaineStream Finance are offering special loan products supported by SBA funds in a collaboration to help businesses across Maine gain access to the…

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Grant from Henry P. Kendall Foundation Provides Debt Relief for CEI’s Maine Farm Borrowers

May 4, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) - Thanks to a generous $100,000 grant from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, Maine farms with…

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The CEI Women's Business Center Launches Propeller, a Tech Incubator for Female Entrepreneurs

March 5, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) - The CEI Women's Business Center is now accepting registrants for Propeller, a new program…

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CEI Names Seven Businesses to its 2020 Cohort for Maine Tastemakers Initiative

February 24, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) – CEI has selected the 2020 cohort for its Tastemakers Initiative, providing financial resources, market…

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CEI Awarded MTI Funding to Pilot a Maine Seafood Marketing Initiative

Study to Examine Potential Formation of Promoting Maine’s Seafood Products December 17, 2019 (Brunswick, ME) -- Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI)…

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Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund Recognized as a Leading Opportunity Zone Fund in the Forbes OZ 20: Top Opportunity Zone Catalysts List

December 12, 2019 -- The Forbes OZ 20: Top Opportunity Zone Catalysts, a partnership between the Sorenson Impact Center and…

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Woodforest National Bank Creates $20 Million Opportunity Zone Fund to Support Economic Revitalization Across its 17-State Footprint

THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 25, 2019 – Recently, Woodforest National Bank® (“Woodforest”) created the Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund (“Fund”), a…

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CEI combines rural business knowledge with mission driven investments to build an economy that works for all

(Brunswick, Maine – November 21, 2019) – Coastal Enterprises (CEI) today released its annual impact data for 2019, showing how…

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U.S. Treasury Awards CEI $714,000 to Fund Initiatives to Develop Maine’s Food Economy and Bring Economic Opportunity to Places with Persistent Poverty

November 19, 2019— BRUNSWICK, ME -- Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) today announced it has been awarded $714,000 in Financial Assistance…

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CEI awarded $300,000 Wells Fargo grant to finance and coach women and immigrants growing businesses in Maine

(BRUNSWICK– November 12, 2019) – Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) is the recipient of a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo…

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