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
- Federal Government Awards CEI $400,000 to Incubate Child Care Businesses in Rural Maine
- CEI Partners with PCAF to Assess the Carbon Footprint of its Lending Portfolio
- CEI Adds Three to Team to Amplify Its Community Impact
- Culture Fresh Foods Closes on $11 Million of Early Stage Venture Capital
- CEI’s Tastemakers Initiative Maps Out Runway for Food and Beverage Facility Development
- MaineCanDo Survey Finds Both Men and Women are Routintely Sexually Harassed at Work; Victims Fear Retaliation If They Report It
Upcoming Events
- Home Buyers Education Live Webinar January 2019Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit community development organization, with the support of Maine State Housing Authority, will offer Homebuyer Education class, a 1 day course,…
- Oct15FocusME: Growth Stage Business Peer Group, Fall 2019 (8:30am start)The CEI Women’s Business Center and the Portland SCORE Chapter are collaborating to host FocusME, a series of peer groups for female entrepreneurs. FocusME is…
- Oct15FocusME: Early Stage Business Peer Group, Fall 2019 (11:00am start)The CEI Women’s Business Center and the Portland SCORE Chapter are collaborating to host FocusME, a series of peer groups for female entrepreneurs. FocusME is…
- Oct22FocusME: Growth Stage Business Peer Group, Spring 2019 (8:30am start)The Women’s Business Center at CEI and the Portland SCORE Chapter are collaborating to host FocusME, a series of peer groups for female entrepreneurs. This…