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Androscoggin
Valley Council of Governments
Services for businesses include loans, export assistance
and an Internet incubator.
Central
Maine Power Company Custom Solutions
Central Maine Power Company's Custom Solutions program
helps Maine businesses put their expansion plans into
action. The program provides up-front cash contributions
to help companies fund an expansion or improvement project
involving electricity-based solutions. Both upgrades
and new installations can qualify.
Coastal
Enterprises, Inc.
CEI helps Maine people and communities, particularly
those with low incomes, reach an adequate and equitable
standard of living, learning, and working in harmony
with the natural environment. CEI provides financial
and technical assistance for development and expansion
of industries, small businesses, housing and social
services.
Eastern
Maine Development Corporation
Technical assistance for companies looking to establish
or invest in a business in eastern Maine.
Farm
Credit of Maine
Farm Credit of Maine specializes in lending to Maine's
agricultural, fishing and forest products industries.
Finance
Authority of Maine
FAME has financial assistance programs for businesses
and education.
Kennebec
Valley Council of Governments
KVCOG offers supplemental financing for businesses that
will create or retain jobs.
Loring
Development Authority/Loring Commerce Centre
Loring offers a number of financial resources, including
grants, to companies at the Centre.
Maine
and Company: Financing Resources
Maine & Co. provides an overview of state financing
resources that are available to support business expansion
and relocation. These include
- Taxable
Bond Program
- Tax-Exempt
Bond Program
- Regional
Economic Development
- Revolving
Loan Program
- Small
Enterprise Growth Fund
- Maine
Technology Investment Fund
- Development
Fund (DF)
- Business
Assistance Program (BA)
- Economic
Development Infrastructure Grants (EDI)
Maine
Office of Community Development
The MOCD distributes money from the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development.
Maine
Technology Institute
MTI makes grants for researching and developing
technology in seven focus areas including aquaculture
and biotechnology.
Northern
Maine Development Commission
NMDC's Business Finance Department provides a variety
of financing options for new and existing businesses.
Small
Enterprise Growth Fund
The Small Enterprise Growth Fund was created by an act
of the Maine Legislature in 1995 to provide Maine companies
and entrepreneurs access to "patient" sources of venture
capital. It is an $8 million revolving, "evergreen"
fund, seeded through a combination of state bond proceeds
and direct appropriation by the Maine Legislature. Its
objective is to encourage economic growth in Maine by
supporting creative and viable companies that can demonstrate
a potential for high growth and public benefit.
U.S.
Department of Agriculture - Rural Development in Maine
The USDA's Rural Development in Maine program provides
financing for many different programs that benefit the
citizens of rural Maine. Offices are located in Bangor,
Lewiston, and Presque Isle.
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