Tag: small business

WERU News Report 1/2/13

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Proponents of the 23 million gallon LPG tank and facility proposed for Searsport, cite jobs as a primary reason for their support, but at the public hearings on the issue held in November, several Searsport business owners who already create jobs in the town testified that their businesses would suffer. Today we hear excerpts from their testimony.

Doing Business 10/02/08

Producer/Host: Jane E. Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Topic: Buy Locally

How do you/your business align with buy local endeavors? How do you collaborate with the community in which you are located? How does buy local enter into your business management practices and plan?
How does buying locally increase sales and reduce your expenses, thus increasing profits?
How did – or did – this local effort help you find your niche? How does buying locally open pathways to local, state, and federal small business resources?

Guests:

Keith Bodine, co-owner, Sweetgrass Farm Winery and Distillery
347 Carroll RD, Union ME 04862; 207-785-3024;
keith@sweetgrasswinery.com; http://www.sweetgrasswinery.com

Chris Roberts, owner, Barkwheats Dog Biscuits
PO Box 194, Stockton Springs, ME 04981; 207-449-1214
mainedog@barkwheats.com; www.barkwheats.com

Will Hopkins, Executive Director, Cobscook Bay Resource Center
4 Favor Street, Eastport, Maine 04631; (207) 853-6607 Fax: 207 853-0688
cobscook@verizon.net
www.cobscook.org

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Doing Business 9/04/08

Producer/Host: Jane E. Haskell, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Topic: What Is an Incubator without Walls Marketplace?

The history of incubators in Maine.   How many incubators are there in Maine?  How do incubators collaborate with the community in which they are located?

TODAY’S GUESTS:
Jim LaBrie, Owner, LaBrie Small Craft
213 Mills RD, Exeter, ME  04435; 207-570-2300; info@labriesmallcraft.com; http://www.labriesmallcraft.com
James L. Macomber, Microenterprise Consultant for Incubator Without Walls and
MaineStream Finance (A Community Development Financial Institution, A Penquis CAP Company), Address. 207-564-7116; jmacomber@penquis.org;  www.mainestreamfinance.org
Tim Shown, President, Fiddlehead Wood Arts
730 West Main ST, Monroe, ME  04951;   207-525-4566;
tshown@fiddleheadwoodarts.com; http://www.fiddleheadwoodarts.com

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Resources:
·    Macomber is Maine and New England SBA Business Champion http://www.penquis.org/news
·    Penquis County Economic Development Council http://www.pcedc.org/helpfullinks.html
·    Washington Hancock Community Action Program – Downeast Business Alliance http://www.Penquis    CAPcap.org/small-biz.html