The purpose of Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments (AVCOG) is to strengthen local self-government while combining total resources for meeting regional challenges beyond individual capacities; to serve as a mutual forum to identify, study and bring into focus regional challenges and opportunities; provide organizational machinery to enable communication and coordination among governments and agencies concerned with regional issues and opportunities; to act as a spokesperson where membership directs; and to address issues of local concern.
Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments
125 Manley Road
Auburn, ME 04210
Telephone: (207) 783-9186
Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Lewiston/Auburn
CEI’s mission is to help 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.
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
36 Water Street, PO Box 268
Wiscasset, ME 04578
Telephone: (207) 882-7552
Host to Maine SBDC Service Centers: Augusta, Brunswick, Fairfield and Wiscasset
Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EMDC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping businesses and communities in Eastern Maine develop and grow.
Eastern Maine Development Corporation
40 Harlow Street
Bangor, Maine 04401
Telephone: (207) 942-6389
Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Bangor
The Kennebec Valley Council of Governments (KVCOG) provides expert
services to municipalities and businesses in Kennebec, Somerset and Western Waldo counties. KVCOG works with local governments and State and Federal partners to address regional needs. These needs include developing a more sustainable growing and diversified regional economy, improving transportation and communications infrastructure, preserving and protecting the region’s natural environment, and developing cost effective and efficient public services.
KVCOG is co-host with CEI to the Maine SBDC Service Center – Fairfield.
Kennebec Valley Council of Governments
17 Main Street
Fairfield, Maine 04937
Telephone: (207) 453-4258
Co-Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Fairfield
Maine Technology Institute… Established by the Maine Legislature in 1999, the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) is
a non-profit organization created to encourage, promote, stimulate and support research and development activity
leading to commercialization of new products and services in the State's technology intensive sectors. MTI is co-host
with USM to Maine SBDC’s statewide technology focus.
Maine Technology Institute
405 Water St., Suite 300
Gardiner, Maine 04345
Telephone: (207) 582-4790
Co-Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Gardner: Technology Focus
Mid-Coast Council for Business Development and Planning… The Mid-Coast Council for Business Development
and Planning (MCBDP) is a public -private non-profit development corporation that supports business retention,
expansion and attraction to improve the regional economy of Bath, Brunswick, Topsham, Richmond, Bowdoinham and
Phippsburg, Maine. Its mission will be accomplished by the provision of direct assistance to businesses and
communities in collaboration with public/private partners in economic development. MCBDP is co-host with CEI to
the Maine SBDC Service Center – Bath/Brunswick.
Mid-Coast Council for Business Development and Planning
7 Park Street
Bath, Maine 04011
Telephone: (207) 443.5790
Co-Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Bath/Brunswick
Northern Maine
Development Commission
Northern Maine Development Commission offers economic development, business finance, small business counseling and planning services. A regional organization with representation from member communities, NMDC's scope and direction evolved with the times according to the needs of the region over the last thirty years.
Northern Maine Development Commission
11 West Presque Isle
P.O. Box 779
Caribou, ME 04736-0779
Telephone: (207) 498-8736
Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Caribou
The Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission is a council of governments serving thirty-nine member municipalities from Kittery, at the southern tip of York County, to Stoneham, at the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. Founded in 1964 in response to an identified need for a coordinated effort for economic development and resource management, SMRPC has been conducting economic development, housing, and water quality planning and providing technical assistance to the municipalities in the region for over thirty years. SMRPC is co-host with USM to the Maine SBDC Service Center – Springvale/Sanford.
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
21 Bradeen St., Suite 304
Springvale, ME 04083
Telephone: (207)324-2952
Co-Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Springvale/Sanford
As the world swiftly re-invents itself as a networked, instantly global economy, the University of Southern Maine School of Business positions itself to be a major player among those institutions of higher learning bringing the knowledge, skills, and entrepreneurial mindset into its curriculum and community outreach activities.
USM School of Business
96 Falmouth Street
PO Box 9300
Portland ME 04101
Telephone: (207) 780-4020
Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Greater Portland, Springvale/Sanford and Gardnier: Technology Focus
Sunrise County Economic Council
The SCEC initiates and facilitates the creation of prosperity and jobs
in Washington County. It is a local economic development nonprofit serving Washington County, Maine since 1993. Located in the heart of Down East Maine, SCEC works
with small business, state, and local government on a wide range of
initiatives from sustainable tourism to business and community
development, to bring good paying jobs to Washington County. SCEC has an
active Board of Directors who represent Down East Maineâ??s core
industries, including aquaculture, forestry, transportation, banking,
healthcare, education and small scale manufacturing, along with
representatives from the Washington County Commissioners, Legislative
Delegation, and Passamaquoddy Tribal Government.
Sunrise County Economic Council
PO Box 679
1 Stackpole Road
Machias, Maine 04654
Phone: 207-255-0983
Fax: 207-255-4987
scec@sunrisecounty.org
Co-Host to Maine SBDC Service Center: Machias
FAME was established as Maine's business finance agency in 1983 and
charged with supporting the start up, expansion and growth plans of
Maine's business community. The agency began working closely with
Maine's lending community to improve access to capital as well as to
help fill gaps that exist in the State's capital delivery system. To
meet the financing needs of Maine's business community, FAME offers a
wide array of business assistance programs, ranging from traditional
loan insurance programs for both small and larger businesses, to tax
credits for investments that individuals make in dynamic,
growth-oriented, manufacturing or export-related firms. FAME has also
established taxable and tax-exempt bond financing programs that allow
strong creditworthy firms in Maine to access capital at very favorable
rates and terms. In April of 1990, FAME's mission was significantly
expanded when the agency assumed responsibility for administering the
State's higher education finance programs.
Finance Authority of Maine
5 Community Drive
P.O. Box 949
Augusta, ME 04332-0949
info@famemaine.com
TEL: (207) 623-3263 or 1-800-228-3734
FAX: (207) 623-0095
TYY: (207) 626-2717
Co-host to Maine SBDC service center: Augusta
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