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LEWISTON Get more people here working. Get more people who already work here living here. Open more second- and third-shift child care centers. Lift regional spending, perception and wages.
Shanna Cox, president and CEO of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
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The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce released its Blueprint for Economic Growth in the LA Metropolitan Region on Thursday, a slate of goals and short- and long-term ideas to get there, all pulled together by its Regional Roundtable, a membership tier with some of the area’s largest companies.
“It’s an opportunity to be clear about what we think is possible if we work regionally and collectively,” President and CEO Shanna Cox said.
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LEWISTON Development of a $200 million station that will convert and transmit hydropower from Canada was unanimously approved by the Planning Board on Monday.
The station, considered a centerpiece of the controversial New England Clean Energy Connect project, was given conditional use approval by the board, and according to city staff, site work will begin soon.
City Planner Doug Greene said that with Monday’s approvals, subcontractors on the project will receive the go-ahead to begin building an access road and clear trees for the station, which will be located at 1651-1653 Main St. and 183 Merrill Road Rear.
The project is in close proximity to a Central Maine Power substation on Larrabee Road, which is also due to receive upgrades as part of the overall NECEC transmission line. According to a Planning Board memo, the access road for the new station will traverse an existing CMP line to a 54-acre parcel purchased for the NECEC project.
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Auburn Savings Bank Branch Supervisor Audrey Patterson, left, presents a check to Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce President Shanna Cox.
AUBURN Auburn Savings Bank Branch Supervisor Audrey Patterson recently donated $500 toward the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber’s Stuff the Bus charity event after being awarded the money as part of the Auburn Savings Employee Recognition program.
Implemented in July, the Auburn Savings Employee Recognition program awards outstanding employees who exemplify the bank’s core values. When staff witness another coworker going above and beyond in making the customer experience unique and memorable, demonstrating their expertise, and making a positive impact in their community, they are presented with a recognition card. Each month, an employee is selected at random and receives a small token of appreciation. Quarterly, all nominees are reviewed by a small committee of fellow staff members and a winner is chos
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The head of Maine’s retailer association said he, too, was hoping that “citizens will get the message now.”
But the new order mandating face coverings to enter any business or public space left a lot of questions, chief among them, what if people still don’t mask up?
“I have a lot of empathy for business owners who are hearing this mandate on Friday, trying to determine, on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, who in their store is going to enforce it, what’s that going to look like and what’s going to be the impact to their business?” Shanna Cox, president of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, said. “Every business owner is thinking that right now.”
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LEWISTON The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Walmart Auburn and the Walmart Distribution Center are joining forces to help local kids in need during the holidays.
This year the annual “Stuff the Bus” event has more businesses participating to help those in need, including those who have been hit hard by the pandemic.
The event invites anyone who would like to donate new toys and clothing to local children in need to drop off items at the chamber and bus stops at the participating businesses helping with collection.
On Monday, Dec. 14, the LA Metro Chamber Team will travel around LA on a Northeast Charter bus, collecting the donated gifts from the public drop-off locations plus participating businesses, sort the items and distribute them to L/A nonprofit organizations.