NVME has announced the winners of the statewide Fall 2023 Marketing Mini-Grant Competition.
Six winners, in six regions across Maine, will receive cash grants of $1,000 awarded through a competitive application process. For details on each regional winner, click on the links below.
- Southern Maine winner: The Whole Almond
- Western Maine winner: ReMo
- Midcoast Maine winner: Tandem Glass
- Central Maine winner: Martin Woods Farm
- North Central/Downeast winner: Axe Women Loggers of Maine
- Northern Maine winner: The Shamrock Cafe
Mini-grants support new or expanded business marketing and promotion. Contest criteria for small business applicants included: 1) Five or fewer full-time equivalent employees; 2) sales in the current calendar year; and 3) gross annual sales of no more than $150,000 from the previous calendar year.
The competition was sponsored in part by Katahdin Trust Company, Norway Savings Bank, and Kennebec Savings Bank.
New Ventures Maine is a statewide program of the University of Maine at Augusta, University of Maine System, providing free classes and individual coaching in the areas of career planning, entrepreneurship, and money management.