October 19, 2004 - By: COLIN HICKEY, Staff Writer OAKLAND – Colby College President William D. “Bro” Adams sees FirstPark, the regional business park off Interstate 95, as a key to Maine’s effort to move from a manufacturing economy to today’s more information-based business world. That is the reason Colby invested $500,000 to help construct what will be a $2.5 million speculative…
Read More October 6, 2004 - Copyright © 2003 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. About 15 months after FirstPark was completed, there''s no sign that major businesses —high-tech, low-tech and no-tech — are beating a path to the 285-acre regional business park and technology center. Nonetheless, we believe that FirstPark remains an important economic development tool that will ultimately pay dividends on the…
Read More September 30, 2004 - OAKLAND -- A speculative building for medical use will be raised at FirstPark by the end of the year. The land purchase and building deal were signed Monday between park officials and David Mayberry, who owns Oakland-based Mayberry Builders, said Leonard A. Dow, FirstPark's chief operating officer. The 2,000 sq. ft., single-story office building should be completed by Jan 1, Mayberry said…
Read More September 1, 2004 - Business News -- September 2004 -- Volume IV Issue 9 By: Joshua Shea One might think with skyrocketing housing costs and ever increasing commercial real estate prices that the only economic development taking place was in Portland and to the south. While it's true this region is Maine's hot spot for big budget development, one would be remiss in thinking it's the only place in Maine that…
Read More August 27, 2004 - FAIRFIELD -- FirstPark's stewards are renewing a marketing push for the Oakland business super-park, its officials said Thursday at a Kennebec Regional Development Authority General Assembly meeting. The effort is being led by the commercial Realtors CB Richard Ellis/The Boulos Co., contracted by FirstPark earlier this year on a $60,000 retainer to promote the park. Its marketing drive --…
Read More August 11, 2004 - By: David Deturk -- Miracle Mile Our goal is to build out FirstPark to provide 1.1 million sq. ft. of productive space on our 22 lots
Read More August 6, 2004 - New England Real Estate Journal * Northern New England * August 6-12,2004 By: Andy Nelson, CBRE/The Boulos Co. What would you say if you were told that by locating or expanding your business in Maine your business could significantly reduce the costs of doing business? Maine's new Pine Tree Zone Program creates a cost savings environment, and has brought 18 certified companies into the…
Read More March 11, 2004 - AUGUSTA – Colby College is investing $500,000 to help develop a speculative building at FirstPark. Gov. John Baldacci, at a news conference Wednesday, lauded the act as a partnership between the Waterville college and the business park for central Maine’s future vitality. The investment commitment took a year from the time FirstPark first approached the college, according to…
Read More March 10, 2004 - AUGUSTA, Maine, March 10, 2004 -- With an investment of $500,000, Colby College has pledged to join in a partnership with the Kennebec Regional Development Authority (KRDA) and other investors to build a 20,000-square-foot ready-to-occupy building at FirstPark, the regional business park in Oakland. Maine Gov. John E. Baldacci took note of Colby's role in boosting the park's attractiveness to…
Read More November 22, 2002 - Governor Elect, John Baldacci, visited Central Maine earlier this summer for his first look at FirstPark, Maine’s Premier Business and Technology Center. FirstPark is a business and technology Super Park located on 285 acres in the heart of Central Maine, directly adjacent to I-95 at Exit 33. FirstPark’s twenty-two lots offer ready access to a skilled and reliable workforce, a…
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Read More October 6, 2004 - Copyright © 2003 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. About 15 months after FirstPark was completed, there''s no sign that major businesses —high-tech, low-tech and no-tech — are beating a path to the 285-acre regional business park and technology center. Nonetheless, we believe that FirstPark remains an important economic development tool that will ultimately pay dividends on the…
Read More September 30, 2004 - OAKLAND -- A speculative building for medical use will be raised at FirstPark by the end of the year. The land purchase and building deal were signed Monday between park officials and David Mayberry, who owns Oakland-based Mayberry Builders, said Leonard A. Dow, FirstPark's chief operating officer. The 2,000 sq. ft., single-story office building should be completed by Jan 1, Mayberry said…
Read More September 1, 2004 - Business News -- September 2004 -- Volume IV Issue 9 By: Joshua Shea One might think with skyrocketing housing costs and ever increasing commercial real estate prices that the only economic development taking place was in Portland and to the south. While it's true this region is Maine's hot spot for big budget development, one would be remiss in thinking it's the only place in Maine that…
Read More August 27, 2004 - FAIRFIELD -- FirstPark's stewards are renewing a marketing push for the Oakland business super-park, its officials said Thursday at a Kennebec Regional Development Authority General Assembly meeting. The effort is being led by the commercial Realtors CB Richard Ellis/The Boulos Co., contracted by FirstPark earlier this year on a $60,000 retainer to promote the park. Its marketing drive --…
Read More August 11, 2004 - By: David Deturk -- Miracle Mile Our goal is to build out FirstPark to provide 1.1 million sq. ft. of productive space on our 22 lots
Read More August 6, 2004 - New England Real Estate Journal * Northern New England * August 6-12,2004 By: Andy Nelson, CBRE/The Boulos Co. What would you say if you were told that by locating or expanding your business in Maine your business could significantly reduce the costs of doing business? Maine's new Pine Tree Zone Program creates a cost savings environment, and has brought 18 certified companies into the…
Read More March 11, 2004 - AUGUSTA – Colby College is investing $500,000 to help develop a speculative building at FirstPark. Gov. John Baldacci, at a news conference Wednesday, lauded the act as a partnership between the Waterville college and the business park for central Maine’s future vitality. The investment commitment took a year from the time FirstPark first approached the college, according to…
Read More March 10, 2004 - AUGUSTA, Maine, March 10, 2004 -- With an investment of $500,000, Colby College has pledged to join in a partnership with the Kennebec Regional Development Authority (KRDA) and other investors to build a 20,000-square-foot ready-to-occupy building at FirstPark, the regional business park in Oakland. Maine Gov. John E. Baldacci took note of Colby's role in boosting the park's attractiveness to…
Read More November 22, 2002 - Governor Elect, John Baldacci, visited Central Maine earlier this summer for his first look at FirstPark, Maine’s Premier Business and Technology Center. FirstPark is a business and technology Super Park located on 285 acres in the heart of Central Maine, directly adjacent to I-95 at Exit 33. FirstPark’s twenty-two lots offer ready access to a skilled and reliable workforce, a…
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