Making Maine more business friendly
Neuman cited a case in which her department provided help to a ski resort that was struck twice by lighting in July, causing the lodge to burn. The owner, she said, was nervous about being able to get all the necessary permits in place and rebuilding a structure in time for the winter season, as July to December was not a lot of time. Neuman grew up in Pennsylvania while summering in Maine with her family on property they bought many years ago in Steuben, on the coast. She went to college out west, graduating from University of the Pacific, but always wanted to live in Maine, year-round, so in her 20s she moved to Bar Harbor, she said. She worked at an inn which she ultimately ran, and then decided she needed to own her own business, so she found a banker to help her. Before starting her current job with the state in July, she was director of the Target Technology Center at University of Maine and was a business development specialist, counselor and lender for Eastern Maine Development Corp. She also was on Gov. Paul LePage’s transition team, providing input about the needs of small businesses and offering ideas for helping to improve delivery of services to help businesses start and expand. She said she hears every day from businness people who want to grow and expand their companies. A Virginia man who has a summer place in Maine at one time wanted to start a business here but the climate was not right at the time, she said. But he called recently and said he heard it is a good place to do business now and he thinks it’s time, she said.Chamber Of Commerce Health Insurance Maine - News
Neuman spoke to 42 business people, educators and others Thursday at Thomas College, at a business breakfast hosted by both the college and Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce. Neuman cited a number of ways the state is trying to be more business friendly
After choosing not to seek another term, Jadin took a position as president and CEO of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. He was working there when Walker came calling. Prior to his terms as mayor, Paul Jadin spent 14 years in human resources
Opponents are speaking out against a US Postal Service proposal to close a mail processing center in central Maine and merge it with one 130 miles away. The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday that closing the processing center in Hampden
The Retail Committee of the Park Ridge Chamber of Commerce presents First Fridays, a series of local events to provide an evening of art, music shopping and dining for area residents. Activities are planned for Uptown and South Park area shops and
The Woman-Owned Small Business Set Aside contract is for site preparation and demolition work on Naval installations from New York to Maine, according to a news release from Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic.
Testimony in Opposition to LePage's Budget Cuts - Maine Women's ...
Testimony in opposition:
Senator Rosen, Representative Flood, Senator McCormick, Representative Strang Burgess and members of the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, my name is Laura Harper, and I represent the Maine Womenâs Lobby, an organization that has been working for 33 years to improve the well-being of Maine women and girls through public policy.
Over the past week it has been difficult to analyze this proposed budget and the impact it will have on most Mainers and not feel like women are wearing the bullseye. From cuts to MaineCare for working families, to cuts to medical assistance for the elderly and disabled, to cuts to HeadStart, childcare subsidies, crisis services, the Family Reunification Program, and family planning services, nearly this entire proposal disproportionately affects women and the families they care for.
Because of a myriad of factors, women are more often than men caring for children on their own. They are more often making less money , requiring more health care for themselves and their children, and needing child care in order to maintain employment. The cuts proposed will devastate these families. 21,000 working parents, equal to the entire population of the City of Biddeford, will lose their health care. Furthermore, childless adults, over 40% of whom are women, and young adults aged 19 and 20 will lose their healthcare coverage â thatâs 25,000 people. The lucky parents who do maintain coverage will lose vital services that likely affect their chances at economic prosperity including occupational therapy, dental, and vision care.
Very few families are impervious to these proposed cuts. Many Maine families include seniors and are referred to as the âsandwichâ generation, with adults often caring for young children and aging parents simultaneously. A family that may have access to health insurance through an adult in the workforce may still rely on the Drugs for the Elderly and the Medicare Savings Programs for their aging parents.