'NEW DIRECTIONS FOR PISCATAQUIS COUNTY'
CONFERENCE
LINKS AND RESOURCES
Advanced Manufacturing:
The Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center
Kenway Corporation
Health Care:
Maine Rural Health Research Center
Mayo Regional Hospital
ProInfoNet - New England Telehealth Consortium
Hotels, Conference Centers, Resorts:
Maine Huts & Trails
"Millinocket resort plan draws little criticism." (Bangor Daily News, March 29, 2007)
Mount Washington Resort
The Preserve at Norton Pond Concept Plan - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
"Proposed Katahdin resort may be new model for north woods."
Telebusiness, Telecommuting, Home-Based Business:
Cornerstone Communications
FairPoint Communications
"When call centers ring, Maine answers." (Portland Press Herald: April 27, 2008)
Water Bottling:
Town of Kingfield - explanation of TIF (related to Poland Spring expansion)
"Kingfield celebrates bottling plant start." (Morning Sentinel, December 15, 2006)
Maine Drinking Water Program
Mount Desert Spring Water
List of instate bottled and bulk water facilities
Wind Power Development:
Appalachian Mountain Club's Promotion and Research on the Impact of Wind Power
Coastal Enterprises Inc. - Community Wind at Mt. View High School, Thorndike, ME
"Franklin County seeks tax break for wind farm." (Morning Sentinel, February 20, 2008)
Governor's Task Force on Wind Power Development
Kibby Wind Power (TransCanada)
Map of Wind Resources in Maine (50m)
"NRCM Commends Wind Power Task Force."
"TIF approved for Stetson Mountain Project." (Bangor Daily News, November 21, 2007)
Wood Pellets:
"Alternative energy task force led by Otten, former ski exec." (Kennebec Journal, January 13, 2008)
Maine Wood Pellets Company LLC
"Wood-pellet industry shows great promise." (Morning Sentinel, May 3, 2008)
"Zoning request for wood pellet silos approved." (The Quoddy Tides, April 11, 2008)
Other Resources:
Maine's Technology Sectors and Clusters (executive summary) (Maine Technology Institute: March 2008)
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