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SMMC Is Hiring for a Chamber Coordinator!

April 6, 2021

SMMC is Hiring for a Chamber Coordinator for 20 Hours Per Week, to Start The Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber (SMMC) is looking to add an energetic, enthusiastic and organized staff member to our team to help our business owners and their employees thrive in the Brunswick, Bath, Topsham, Harpswell region. The ideal candidate will be a problem solver who can adapt to working on multiple projects each week. There is a tremendous opportunity for the right candidate to help shape how this growing organization will evolve, and they will be a key part in creating the best practices to make this organization continue its upward trajectory. In short, we are looking for a builder. Someone who can help us realize our goals, and who can help create new ones through their vision and creativity. Read more...

Harpswell Coastal Academy Preserves Voices of the Pandemic

April 2, 2021

Harpswell Coastal Academy Preserves Voices of the Pandemic HCA: A School for Social Change, Entrepreneurship and the Environment Brunswick, Maine — As Maine strives to plug the brain drain and entice graduates to remain in the Pine State, Harpswell Coastal Academy (HCA) has been anchoring students to their community since its founding. A year-long humanities class that launched in 2014 has been dedicated to that mission with an oral history project that captures the extraordinary stories of “ordinary” locals. This year’s theme, “Voices of the Pandemic,” builds on an ethnographic tradition that has spanned conservation advocates to seaweed harvesters. During 2020–21, students tackled how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted the livelihoods and well-being of locals, including a teacher, commercial fisherman, general store owner, and a nurse. Learning how people have weathered the pandemic—by changing course and aiding others in crisis—fits HCA’s curriculum of entrepreneurism and social change. Read more...

Androscoggin Bank Becomes a Certified B Corporation™

April 2, 2021

Androscoggin Bank Becomes a Certified B Corporation™ Bank Joins Global Movement that Embraces Transparency in Using Business as a Force for Good Lewiston, Maine – March 1, 2021. Androscoggin Bank announced today it has become a Certified B Corporation, an accomplishment made by only nine other banks in the U.S. Unlike traditional corporations, Certified B Corporations must meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability. They undergo a rigorous assessment of their positive impact on their employees, clients, community, and environment. Other global B Corp™ certified brands include Patagonia, Ben & Jerry’s, Seventh Generation and Cabot Creamery. Read more...

SMMC Supports L680 for Creating a Task Force to Look at a 4-Year Technical High School in Maine

March 12, 2021

In Support of LD 680- An Act to Reestablish the Task Force To Study the Creation of a Comprehensive Career and Technical Education System The Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber proudly supports the passage of this emergency legislation to create a task force to study the creation of a comprehensive Career and Technical Education system. Beyond the importance of the concept itself, which we believe the business community as a whole overwhelmingly recognizes the importance of, we would like to stress our support for the emergency passage of this bill. Read more...

Maine State Chamber: Supplemental Budget Bill Finally Passes House and Senate with Full Conformity on PPP Loans, Study on FDII

March 12, 2021

From a Maine State Chamber E-mail Alert on March 12, 2021 Supplemental Budget Bill Finally Passes House and Senate with Full Conformity on PPP Loans, Study on FDII Vote secures $100 million for 28,000 businesses across state Late Thursday night, the Supplemental Budget bill was finally passed, and is now on Governor Mills’ desk. In votes of 139-1 in the Maine House of Representatives, and by unanimous vote in the Maine State Senate, lawmakers agreed to full conformity at $100 million on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans taken as a result of the pandemic by tens of thousands of Maine businesses from around the state. On behalf of the Chamber’s members, we would like to thank the Administration, Democrats, and Republicans for their bipartisan work to secure this outcome. Passage of the supplemental budget bill on an emergency basis is extremely important to the 28,000 businesses across the state that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic Read more...

Noted Skater Jud Heald Brings It to the Skatepark at MYC March 2-5

February 26, 2021

Noted Skater Jud Heald Brings It to the Skatepark at MYC Skater to Visit Bath for New Build March 2-5 ALSO: Arts Programs Kicks Into Gear: Gardening, Video Editing, Music-Making Read more...

Two E2Tech Events: CleanTech Open March 10, EV Chargers at our Business March 17

February 26, 2021

CleanTech Open March 10 Applications for 2021 are open! Cleantech Open is the world's oldest and largest cleantech accelerator. Hear from past Maine success stories and learn how to have your participation cost covered by MTI, a $1250 value! Click here to register Charging Ahead: Business Opportunities in the Transition to EVS, March 17 Panel Discussion Moderated by Michael Stoddard with Efficiency Masine and Hyrdo-Quebec Click here to register Zoom Webinar details provided upon confirmation of paid registration E2Tech events are FREE for members of the press, Maine students, Elected Public Officials, and State of Maine Employees. Please email info@e2tech.org to be registered under these categories. Read more...

UMA's New 7-week Grant Writing section launches March 22

February 26, 2021

This online course is a workshop-driven class that culminates with the completion of a grant proposal. Students will research, design, write and submit proposals and grants. They will also learn and practice persuasive techniques. The course will end with the writing of individual comprehensive funding requests Read more...

UMA Designated as Military Friendly School

February 26, 2021

UMA Designated as Military Friendly School Augusta – The University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School designation by VIQTORY recognizing its exceptional service to veterans, military service members, and their families. “UMA is honored to receive this designation,” stated UMA President Rebecca Wyke. “Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing a welcoming community for our military service members and veterans.” “We are very excited to receive this designation from Military Friendly Schools recognizing UMA’s commitment to support our Read more...

UMA Announces New Equity and Inclusion Scholarship

February 26, 2021

UMA Announces New Equity and Inclusion Scholarship Recognizing diversity is an essential element of academic excellence, the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) is offering Equity and Inclusion scholarships to students whose academic achievement and varied experiences will enhance and enrich the education of all UMA students and the institution’s educational mission. Equity and Inclusion Scholars may receive up to four years of funding, provided they continuously enroll each fall and spring semester in either full or part-time study in a graduate or undergraduate program and maintain the minimum GPA requirements of the scholarship. “We are excited to provide this new scholarship opportunity,” stated UMA President Rebecca Wyke. “This continues... Read more...

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