Success stories
-
Maine Small Business Manufacturer of the Year
For over 40 years, Central Maine has been home to Liberty Graphics, a small screen printing and design company. The founder, Tom Opper, and his partner Beverly Kocenko started the business in a small...
-
Garbage to Garden, Maine's Small Business Person of the Year 2022
Sustainability has become a much stronger focus for not only consumers, but businesses and institutions in the past decade or so. As people at all levels try to find ways to build sustainable...
-
eighteen twenty wines, Maine's Woman Owned Small Business of the Year 2022
If there are two things that people love, it’s locally grown quality foods, and good wine. Amanda O’Brien knew this, and after giving her friend’s home-brewed rhubarb wine a try, decided to make it a...
-
House of Languages, Maine's Minority Owned Small Business of the Year 2022
The classic story of coming to America: get an education, work hard, build a future and maybe start a business. Dolgormaa Hersom followed this track, while staying committed to supporting future...
-
Maine Minority-Owned Small Business of the Year 2022
The classic story of coming to America: get an education, work hard, build a future and maybe start a business. Dolgormaa Hersom followed this track, while staying committed to supporting future...
-
Garbage to Garden Sustainability
Sustainability has become a much stronger focus for not only consumers, but businesses and institutions in the past decade or so. As people at all levels try to find ways to build sustainable...
-
Maine Woman Owned Small Business of the Year 2022
If there are two things that people love, it’s locally grown quality foods, and good wine. Amanda O’Brien knew this, and after giving her friend’s home-brewed rhubarb wine a try, decided to make it a...