Midcoast Council for Business Development&Planning

MidCoast Council for Business Development & Planning
7 Park Street Bath, ME. 04530 (207) 443-5790 Fax (207) 443-8675
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   Maine's midcoast offers a high standard of living, pituresque scenery and abundant opportunity to all who come here. Conveniently located just north of Portland and Boston, the midcoast features a highly-skilled workforce, institutions of higher learning, excellent infrastructure and plenty of growth potential for businesses looking to expand or relocate operations.

    Midcoast Maine is also a participant in Maine's Pine Tree Development Program, with a special designation for the area, the Military Redevelopment Zone.

    For more information on available commercial properties, click here.

    For updates on recent projects and events in the area, click here.

Find out more about any of our communities by visiting their websites listed below

Arrowsic	Website
Bath	Website
Bowdoin	N/A
Bowdoinham	Website
Brunswick	Website
Georgetown	Website
Harpswell	Website
Phippsburg	Website
Richmond	Website
Topsham	Website
West Bath	Website
Woolwich	Website

1. Maine's Pine Tree Development Zones offer 10 year tax incentive programs to qualifying businesses.

2. 22,000 Mainers entered the workforce between 2003 and 2005.

3. Maine offers the lowest cost of doing business in the Notheast (source Milken Institue).

4. Maine's job growth in tech-based jobs is over 11%.

5. Maine's per capita income has grown by 6.1% between 2000-2005.

6. Reforms in the state's Business Equipment Tax, will make most new equipment installed after April 2007 tax-exempt.

7. According to fDi, a sister publication of the London Financial Times, Maine offers the highest quality of life in the U.S.

8. Maine's skilled workforce offers excellent workforce opportunities

9. Maine is ideally located near major Northeastern hubs, such as Boston & New York.

10. The Corporation for Enterprise Development gave Maine an "A" for its Assets and Opportunities Scoreboard.