CEI integrates financing, business and industry expertise, and policy solutions to help grow good jobs, environmentally sustainable enterprises, and shared prosperity in Maine and other rural regions. CEI envisions a world in which communities are economically and environmentally healthy, enabling all people, especially those with low incomes, to reach their full potential.
Recent News
- CEI Statement on Racism, Racial Violence and Racial Injustice
- CEI Comment on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Reforming the Community Reinvestment Act Regulatory Framework
- CEI Announces Six Businesses Selected for 2021 Maine Tastemakers Initiative
- Maine Business and Higher Education Leaders Announce New Compact on Immigration
- Woodforest National Bank Named 2020 BAI Global Innovation Awards Finalist for Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund
- Historic Hotel Reopens in Selma, Alabama with Investment from Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund
- Applications Now Open for Year Two of CEI’s Child Care Business Lab
Upcoming Events
- Mar1Mind Your Own Business: A 28-Day Business Plan Challenge in FebruaryIs the idea of preparing a business plan overwhelming? Whether you’ve been in business for years, or are imagining starting your own business, a plan…
- Mar2Spokeswomen (Tuesday Cohort)Spokeswomen: a facilitated peer group designed to help female entrepreneurs become more persuasive and effective communicators. How does it work? Through this highly interactive 8-week online…
- Mar3FocusME Covid-19 Edition Winter 2021Female-led businesses are particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as they face structural barriers, limited access to finance, and information asymmetry. That’s why we…
- Mar3Branding MastermindIn this 2-hour Branding Mastermind with Mallika Malhotra, we will focus on your brand messaging, your brand positioning and your profitable niche. You can expect that this will be…