EMDC’s Maine PTAC program director receives APTAC Achievement Award Contributed • April 3, 2021
Eastern Maine Development Corporation’s Maine PTAC Program Director Ken Bloch received national recognition from the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. Bloch was awarded the 2021 Betty McDonald Outstanding Member Achievement Award, and voted president-elect of APTAC.
Eastern Maine Development Corporation’s Maine PTAC Program Director Ken Bloch received national recognition from the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers. Bloch was awarded the 2021 Betty McDonald Outstanding Member Achievement Award, and voted president-elect of APTAC.
McDonald was the founder and first president of APTAC. The award, named in her honor, “Represents significant contribution and deep commitment, not just to the procurement profession, but to APTAC and its members,” APTAC said at the awards ceremony. When the COVID-19 pandemic impacted APTAC’s na
A comprehensive plan that allows the towns of East Millinocket, Medway and Millinocket to collaborate more efficiently on economic development has been approved by the state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
The Katahdin Region plan, at 255 pages, aims to create a collaboration that will help boost economic development in the region decimated in the last decade by two major mill closings, the Eastern Maine Development Corp., which helped develop the plan, said in a news release.
Collaborating regionally allows for cost efficiencies and more support of shared goals and strategies for the three Penobscot County towns, EMDC said.
The multijurisdictional 10-year plan, as opposed to the more common individual town or city plan, is the first in the state in nearly a decade to include more than one municipality, Tom Miragliuolo, a review coordinator at DACF, said.
Federal funding comes to hospitality, tourism, and retail shops at the perfect time
The third phase of federal CARES Act funding will go to qualified retail, tourism, hospitality, and other businesses as they prepare for upcoming challenges Author: Sam Rogers (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 6:32 PM EST December 31, 2020 Updated: 7:12 PM EST December 31, 2020
BANGOR, Maine Even though we all know it, small business owners don t need to be reminded of how difficult a year this has been. When the coronavirus pandemic came to Maine, shutdowns soon followed and an uphill battle against COVID-19 has continued for shop owners ever since.
Restaurants were closed for in-person dining and were forced to cater to curbside pickup or take-out options in March. Some were able to open weeks later in May, others closed for good. Executive orders that reduced capacity limits added another dent to the industry while it desperately waiting for f