Small
Business Resources in Maine. Business in
bold have appeared on a Small Business School episode.
- Small business agencies and associations:
- Chambers of Commerce in Maine:
The State's
Chamber. Meet
Dana Connors, State Director. He loves this state and the small businesses
so much that his comments open and close our special episode,
The Magic of Small, a tribute to MainePBS's weekly show, "Made in Maine."
We've
been working with chambers throughout the country. To date, these Maine
chambers have recommended members to profile. Initially in Maine, we asked the
question, "Who among your membership is selling, serving and supporting
customers beyond the State of Maine?" The answers became a show called, "The Best of Maine."
These are some of the state's local chambers with which we have worked:
- Bath-Brunswick Region Chamber of Commerce: 59 Pleasant
Street Brunswick, ME 04011-2240
Contact: Bruce MacMillan, Executive
Director E-mail T:207.725.-8797
F:207.725-9787]
- Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of
Commerce: Route 27, PO Box 356, Boothbay Harbor 04538
Jaimie
Kleinstiver, Executive Director E-mail T.207.633.2353
- Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Area Area Chamber of
Commerce: PO Box 919, Camden 04843
Greg Dugal, Executive Director
E-mail T:800.223.5459; 207.236.4404
F:207.236.4315
- Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce:
P.O. Box 13, Damariscotta 04543
Heather O'Bryan, Executive Director
E-mail T:207.563.8340
F:207.563.2690
- Rockland-Thomaston Area Chamber of
Commerce: Harbor Park, P.O. Box 508, Rockland 04841
Bob Hastings,
Executive Director E-mail
T:207.563.8340 F:207.563.2690
- Communications: Verizon telecomunications
experts.
- Department of Economic & Community Development,
State House Station, Augusta 04333 T: 624-9805
Meet Steve Levesque.
http://www.econdevmaine.com/ Contact:
Brian Dancause, Manager, Small Business Division,
E-mail Also: "Maine Made" - small
business overviews.
- Associations:
- Education:
- The University of Maine: Maine Business School
- Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business (CESB),
University of Southern Maine, School of Business, 68 High Street, Portland
04101 T. 207.780.5919 Meet
Valarie Lamont, Ph.D, Director, E-mail
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence:
Meet James Wilfong (also
former SBA Assistant Administrator for International Trade and former president
TradeNex), USM, eScout (PO Box 38, Fryeburg 04037) T. 207.697.2060
888.SCOUT.4.U E-mail
- University of Southern Maine's Center for Business &
Economic Research, 118 Bedford Street, Portland, ME 04104-9300
Contacts:
Charles Colgan or Bruce H. Andrews, Ph.D.
E-mail T: 207-780-4187
F:207-780-4046
- Finance Authority of Maine (FAME): a capital access
program
5 Community Drive, PO Box 949, Augusta 04332-0949
Meet Charles J. Spies III,
CEO E-mail T: 207.623.3263;
800-228-3734
- Key Bank, an SBA-preferred lender: Branches in cities and
towns throughout the state. Meet
Susan Snowden.
- Leadership Maine of Maine Development Foundation (MDF), 45
Memorial Circle, Augusta 04330
Meet Henry
Bourgeois. E-mail T: 207-622-6345
- Maine Business Works:
Assistance
programs.
- Maine & Company: P.O. Box 7462, 120 Exchange Street,
Portland 04112-7462 T.800.871.3485
Meet Ed Dinan, Chairman, and
L. Joseph Wischerath, Director
Email. Relocate to Maine! Get some
help and advice.
- Maine Business
for Social Responsibility (MEBSR) 200 High Street, Portland 04101 Contact:
John Ustach, Executive Director E-mail T. 207.761.4300 207.923.3398
- Maine Economic
Research Institute (MERI), 7 University Drive, Augusta 04330-9412 Contact:
Ed McLaughlin, CEO Email T:
622-9075
- Publications /publishers / publicists:
- McCall Media & Marketing, Inc.,207-865-0055
Columist/author: MaineToday.com, Entrepreneur magazine, McCall, inc.com , The
Wall Street Journal's StartupJournal.com.
Meet Kimberly McCall.
- Mainebiz, 413 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, Donna
Brassard, Publisher (E-mail) and
Scott Sutherland, Editor.
- Small Business Development Centers: State
SBDC website (which includes references to regional SBDCs like
Coastal Enterprise Inc).
Meet John Massua, State
Director.
- State of Maine: The Governor's Office.
Meet Governor
John E. Baldacci.
- SBA Region 1: 10 Causeway Street, Suite 812, Boston, MA
0222-1093 T. 617.565.8416
Meet Jeffrey H.
Butland, Regional Administrator E-mail
- US Senators:
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