by Ashley Dhakal | Nov 29, 2024 | Press Releases
The Downeast Food System Partnership (DFSP) is a new 2-year program created by GrowSmart Maine, Healthy Acadia, and Sunrise County Economic Council in collaboration with the Hancock County Planning Commission. The goal of the DFSP is to improve food production and...
by Ashley Dhakal | Oct 26, 2024 | Broadband, Community Development, In the News
by Lura Jackson, published in the Quoddy Tides, October 25, 2024 The challenges and opportunities of the Greater East Grand Region (GEGR) and Washington County as a whole were addressed during the annual summit of the Sunrise County Economic Council (SCEC) on October...
by Ashley Dhakal | Oct 4, 2024 | Community Development, Press Releases
On September 13, 60 Washington and Hancock County community members across 43 partners, including business leaders, nonprofits, foundations, and municipal organizations, gathered for Community Pathways & Practices for Bounce-Forward Resilience, a micro-summit with...
by Ashley Dhakal | Sep 30, 2024 | Press Releases
Like many small, rural communities in Maine, the communities of Jonesport and Beals are in need of accurate local-level data and information to help guide local decision-making. However, many widely used data sources are either inaccurate or unavailable at the local...
by Ashley Dhakal | Sep 14, 2024 | Broadband, Community Development, In the News
by Lura Jackson, Quoddy Tides. Originally published September 13, 2024 Amidst the grilled salmon dinners during the Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival on September 1, a major step toward the community’ s future was marked when representatives from Fidium Fiber and...
by Ashley Dhakal | Aug 30, 2024 | In the News, Press Releases
First-ever Accredited Course for Forest Products Sector Careers is Back for Fall 2024 Machias, ME – The Business of Maine’s Forest Products Sector course is back and will begin again on October 1 with a free 10-week asynchronous course and workshop series. This...
by Ashley Dhakal | Aug 23, 2024 | In the News, Press Releases, Small Businesses
Water Street, Eastport, Maine Machias, ME – Sunrise County Economic Council (SCEC) has been awarded a $541,000 Congressionally Directed Spending Award through the U.S. Small Business Administration to expand its small business services and programs in Washington...
by Ashley Dhakal | Aug 15, 2024 | In the News
by Lura Jackson, The Quoddy Tides (originally published August 9, 2024 ) Earning a living in a rural county is not easy regardless of what state you’re in, but if you’re in Maine and you’re a woman it’s even harder still. Washington County has...
by Ashley Dhakal | Jun 20, 2024 | Business Resources, In the News, Press Releases
New Membership Level Launched! Introducing the Corporate Level Floating Membership 24/7 open co-working access with 3 passes for your organization, to be used at your discretion. Corporate Members receive free/reduced cost access to events and professional development...
by Ashley Dhakal | May 31, 2024 | Business Resources, In the News, Working Waterfront
by Amanda Smith, Coastal Opportunities Advisor at MaineStreet Business Building The majority of working waterfront folks that I know envision working in their careers for the rest of their lives. Due to much of this work being physically demanding and repetitive, it’s...
