News & Noteworthy

Press Releases

• CITIZENS COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT ON JOINT SERVICES
  August 27, 2009
• LEWISTON TO HOST MAINE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION
  August 3, 2009
• WALL STREET JOURNAL FEATURES AUBURN-BASED LUFTHANSA PROJECT
  July 7, 2008
• COMPANIES HONORED FOR ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENT
  June 30, 2008
• L-A LEADS STATE IN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY
  July 2, 2007
• LAEGC, CHAMBER, PARTNERS TO OPEN DOORS TO NEW BUSINESS SERVICE CENTER
  January 18, 2007
• L-A RANKED ONE OF AMERICA’S HEALTHIEST METRO AREAS
  October 27, 2006
• NEW KPMG STUDY CONCLUDES LEWISTON ADVANTAGEOUS FOR BUSINESS
  August 1, 2006
• LEWISTON-AUBURN FEATURED IN BOSTON GLOBE AS “CREATIVE” COMMUNITY
  July 3, 2006
• Lewiston-Auburn Named in Top 100 “Best Places” for Doing Business” List
  June 9, 2006
• L-A LAUDED FOR GROWTH AND SUCCESS
  January 4, 2006
• LEWISTON-AUBURN ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
  May 11, 2005
• FAMED SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER ANNIVERSARY OF ALI-LISTON FIGHT
  May 5, 2005
• EVM HOLDS GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
  November 4, 2004
• AUBURN, MAINE APPROVED AS FOREIGN TRADE ZONE
  October 14, 2004
• WAL*MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY
  October 14, 2004
• INC. MAGAZINE NAMES LEWISTON-AUBURN ONE OF THE “TOP CITIES” FOR BUSINESS
  April 9, 2004
• KPMG STUDY RATES LEWISTON-AUBURN AMONG MOST BUSINESS-FRIENDLY LOCALES
  April 9, 2004
• CITIES, GROWTH COUNCIL LAUNCH BRANDING CAMPAIGN
  August 4, 2003
• LEWISTON-AUBURN NAMED AMONG BEST PLACES TO LIVE
  August 1, 2003
• LAEGC TO MIX BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE AT ANNUAL MEETING
  April 9, 2003
• LEWISTON-AUBURN LEADS THE STATE IN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY
  February 12, 2003
• LEWISTON-AUBURN ON TRACK FOR CUSTOMS PORT DESIGNATION
  November 4, 2002
• HILTON GARDEN INN CELEBRATES GROUNDBREAKING
  October 29, 2002
• DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR TO BE PRESERVED FOR POTENTIAL RAIL USE
  August 1, 2002
• KPMG STUDY: LEWISTON-AUBURN RANKED HIGH IN WORLDWIDE COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
  March 1, 2002
• WAL-MART SELECTS LEWISTON AS SITE FOR NEW FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER
  January 3, 2002
• GROWTH COUNCIL GETS $12,000 GRANT FROM BELL ATLANTIC
  June 13, 2000

Articles

• LUFTHANSA’S LABOR OF LOVE
  July 6, 2008
• A Lesson in Allaying Immigrant Tensions
  By Sara B. Miller
  Christian Science Monitor
  August 11, 2003
• Thayer Airs New Facility
  By Trevor Maxwell
  Sun Journal
  June 22, 2003
• Building A New Image
  By David Sargent
  Sun Journal
  June 1, 2003
• Crime Rate Drops
  By Mark LaFlamme
  Sun Journal
  May 22, 2003
• Speed on Tap: Oxford Networks is planning to build a high-speed cable, phone, and Internet service in the Twin Cities
  By Scott Taylor
  Sun Journal
  March 10, 2003
• Company named to top 500 list
  Inc. Magazine
  February 14, 2003
• Goal! Hockey Team Coming to Lewiston
  By Justin Pelletier
  Sun Journal
  February 14, 2003
• Bill’s World
  By Michaela Cavallaro
  Mainebiz
  October 2, 2000
• Auburn Planners OK $1.2M GE Expansion
  By Daniel Hartill
  Lewiston Sun Journal
  July 12, 2000
• Emons Transportation Group Plans to Expand its Intermodal Terminal Capacity and Service to New England
  By Robert Grossman
  Emons Transportation Group Press Release
  July 7, 2000
• LAEGC Wins Bell Atlantic Grant to Create “Hire L-A”
  July 1, 2000
• CMTC ‘excited’ by Cisco
  By Doug Fletcher
  Lewiston Sun Journal
  June 15, 2000
• Putnam investing in Maine
  By Bonnie Washuk
  Lewiston Sun Journal
  June 1, 2000
• Telemarketing Firm relocates to Auburn to accommodate growth
  By Patti Enrado
  Interface Tech News
  May 1, 2000
• Yahoo! ranks Bates among most wired
  By Michael Gordon
  Lewiston Sun Journal
  April 18, 2000
• Passenger trains may roll in L-A
  By Doug Fletcher
  Lewiston Sun Journal
  January 13, 2000
• Diamond Phoenix Corp - Quantum leaps in market and employee morale
  By Michael A. Verespej
  Industry Week Growing Companies
  November 1, 1999
• Making It In L-A
  October 1, 1999
• The Cathedral That Nickels and Dimes Built
  By Ellen MacDonald Ward
  Down East Magazine
  September 1, 1999