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“Gorham-based textile designer Erin Flett, who has designs on expanding her business with more trade and hotel accounts, won $100,000 in the Sunday season finale of “Greenlight Maine.”…” To read more, click the article below. https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/gorham-textile-designer-wins-greenlight-maine-100k-prize     –  Image Source:  Greenlight Maine     –  Reporting Source:  Maine Biz

“Harvey Performance Co., in Gorham, is bursting at the seams, so when the company decided to expand last year, they wanted it done fast.” To read more, click the article below. https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/new-harvey-performance-development-not-slowed-by-pandemic Image Source: Maureen Milliken Reporting Source: Maine Biz

“Two local companies went up against the clock to meet a customer’s request to build a machine that produces coronavirus test kits.  Lanco Integrated in Colonel Westbrook Park built the machine and ODAT Machine in Gorham Industrial Park supplied more than 100 different kinds of custom-made parts.” To read more, click the article below. https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/03/local-companies-race-to-build-virus-test-kit-machine/ … Read more

“Flowfold announced that it won the contract to supply the Maine CDC with the face shields. The shields will be used by the state CDC, hospitals and businesses that are reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic.” To read more, click the article below. https://www.pressherald.com/2020/05/26/state-hires-gorham-company-to-produce-half-a-million-protective-face-shields/ Reporting Source: Portland Press Herald

 “The restaurant, like so many others across the state, has been closed to dining for more than two months.  With a reworked menu, the cozy but sophisticated restaurant has been able to keep its most loyal customers coming back.” To read more, click the article below. https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/money/business/small-business/keep-me-open/keep-me-open-cooking-up-some-positivity-at-maine-mk-kitchen-restaurant-in-gorham/97-ed4968f9-bdc5-4ce1-99ce-f7d212d869d2 Reporting Source: News Center Maine

Note: This meeting will be conducted via Zoom videoconferencing platform. Click on the following link to access the meeting through Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/804422934. To join the meeting via phone the number to call is 1(312)626-6799, with the Webinar ID being 804 422 934. GEDC Agenda_(April2020) Final

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Yesterday, November 13, The Blue Pig Diner held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at their new location at 19 State Street.  Members from the Town of Gorham staff, Town Council, Gorham Economic Development Corporation and Gorham Business Exchange were pleased to attend the event. Their official reopening was November 14 at 7 am!

At the September 3, 2019 Town Council Meeting, the Town Council voted to authorize a voter referendum for the November 5, 2019 Election for the purchase of two vacant parcels for the development of a new industrial park in Gorham. The Town of Gorham is requesting voter approval of a $5.9 million bond to fund the purchase, … Read more