News & Press Releases
Contest aims to help young, talented start-up make it in L-A
The L-A Economic Growth Council and the Androscoggin County Chamber want to send a message loud and clear: Lewiston-Auburn welcomes young, creative entrepreneurs – particularly youth who have roots in the community but have moved away.
To back up that sentiment, a number of local companies are willing to contribute what is expected to be about [...]
New Book Covers History of Local Railroad
Few topics conjure up imagination, romance, and the quest for adventure as that of the formation of a railroad. A new book on the history of the Lewiston and Auburn Railroad Company does just that.
Written by Douglas I. Hodgkin, Bates College Professor Emeritus of Political Science, “The Lewiston and Auburn Railroad Company, 1872-2009” is a [...]
L-A and Western Maine want Google!
(Lewiston, ME) – The communities of Lewiston and Auburn and the Oxford Hills Region have submitted a joint Request for Information for a Google project to site a super high speed Internet network in the area.
Google will select one or more communities throughout the United States to become test sites to develop a fiber-based high-speed [...]
2010 Annual Dinner: “L-A Tonight Show!”
The Growth Council’s Annual Dinner & Business Forum will have a unique format this year: a Tonight Show-styled event complete with host, special guests, musical entertainment, and commercial breaks which will feature sponsor messages. The event will be held on Thursday, May 13, at the Ramada Conference Center in Lewiston.
As is an annual tradition, the [...]
Registration Open for June 10 B to B Show
The Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council has announced the date of this year’s Androscoggin Business to Business Trade Show with the theme, “Show 2010: Launching a New Decade.”
This year’s show will be held Thursday, June 10, at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. Considered by many businesses to be the year’s most significant networking event for [...]
L-A Railroad Company to Receive $200,000 in Recovery Funds
(BANGOR) – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the selection of 44 recipients – including the Lewiston-Auburn Railroad Company — for more than $4 million in grants to start or expand businesses in rural communities. Through Recovery Act funding, businesses will be able to access critical capital that will help with start-up and working capital [...]
Mainebiz features cover story on FTZ
(LEWISTON) — In its November 16 issue, Mainebiz featured a cover story on the Foreign Trade Zone and its importance in establishing the area as a distribution and logistics hub. The article ran as part of the publication’s annual focus on Lewiston-Auburn.
The story described the success that the Growth Council recently experienced in activating the [...]
Local Companies Get Approval to Use FTZ
(LEWISTON) — Two Auburn-based companies, LynxUS and Safe Handling, Inc., recently received approval from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to be activated users of Auburn’s General Purpose Foreign Trade Zone 263.
The federal approval means that both companies are allowed designated space in their warehouse operations to accommodate clients who wish to store imported materials or [...]
Citizens Commission Releases Report On Joint Services
The Citizens Commission on Lewiston-Auburn Cooperation approved and released its final report summarizing its work at a meeting on August 27, 2009. The Commission has been working since November of 2006 on finding ways for both cities of Lewiston and Auburn to “implement combining municipal services to save taxpayers money and to improve services.”
Areas ranging [...]
Lewiston to Host Maine Democratic Party Convention
The Maine Democratic Party has selected the City of Lewiston’s Androscoggin Bank Colisee as the site of the 2009 Maine Democratic Convention, slated for May 21-22, 2010.
The Colisee, formerly the Central Maine Civic Center, has undergone substantial renovations over the past several years, and now attracts a number of special events in addition to serving [...]
