"Scarborough's business leaders are actively engaged in creating opportunities for new and current employers, working alongside civic and community leaders to improve Scarborough as an amazing place to live, work, and raise a family."
Rep. Sean
Flaherty, District 127- Scarborough
Introduction
Welcome to economic development in Scarborough, Maine. If you're contemplating an economic development investment in the state of Maine, you need to be considering Greater Portland, and specifically, Scarborough. As one of the fastest-growing municipalities in the state, Scarborough's unique attributes easily make it one of the best places to do business in Maine. With its low tax rate, easy transportation access, well-educated workforce, business-friendly attitude, and its approximately 1,600 businesses already in existence here, Scarborough is THE place to be, both now and in the future. We invite you to contact us today to find out more about doing business and succeeding in Scarborough.
What's New
Special welcome to our new SEDCO Board Members: Stan Gawron, Vince Maniaci, and Maureen Van Uden!
Special thanks to Maine Imaging for taking some great aerials of Scarborough for us a couple of weeks ago- check them out on our website.
Recent Scarborough Business-Related News Stories
Marden's is now open in Scarborough
Plum Choice to hire 350 & Plum Choice Fixes Tech Woes
Farmers' Market Starts June 6
Orion Center --> MaineHealth
Walgreens Opening at Oak Hill
More: The Current The Forecaster The Leader Portland Press Herald
Did you know SEDCO turns 25 this year (2010)?
Our special silver anniversary gala event will be held the evening of Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at The Landing at Pine Point. Angus King will be our guest speaker. Sponsorship packages are currently available. Join Biddeford Savings, cPort Credit Union, Pine Tree Waste, PolicyOne Research, Inc., Bangor Savings Bank, GawronTurgeon Architects, Nimlok Maine, Buy Local Scarborough, Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, and more as our sponsors. To find out more, contact our office or click here.
SEDCO's 24th Annual Meeting (2009)
On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, SEDCO held its 24th annual meeting celebration at the new Landing at Pine Point in Scarborough. Our 2009 business-of-the-year awards were publicly announced that evening: 1) Non-Profit/Educational Business-of-the-Year: Fiddlehead Center for the Arts; 2) Heritage/Small Business-of-the-Year: Flaherty's Family Farm; 3) Entrepreneurial Business-of-the-Year: The Cheese Iron; and 4) Corporate Business-of-the-Year: Hannaford Bros. Co. Congratulations to the 2009 award winners.
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SEDCO is now a part of social media on LinkedIn and Facebook. Just search "Scarborough
Economic Development Corporation" under businesses/groups and request to be
made a member or become a fan to keep up-to-date on the latest economic development happenings
in Scarborough or click here.
SEDCO's New Guide
SEDCO has recently completed a new brochure, entitled a Guide to Doing Business in Scarborough. It is available as a pdf here.
SEDCO Has Moved
As of July 2009, SEDCO has moved to 29 Black Point Road (the old Oak Hill School and current home of Gawron Turgeon Architects). Please feel free to stop by and visit us in our new home at your convenience.
Business Recycling Option For Businesses
Pine Tree Waste has recently arranged to pick up recycling for businesses
in Scarborough. They will provide a cart for single stream recycling as
defined by EcoMaine's accepted list of items. They will pick it up once
per week, every week for $12.00 per month for the first cart and $8.00
for each additional cart at the same location. They take credit cards,
advance payment or they can fill with approved credit. Contact Stuart
Axelrod (Stuart.Axelrod@casella.com) for more information.