Maine For Keeps

<p>This week on Maine For Keeps, Jonathan goes solo from North Haven Island to share why he’s still a raging Maine optimist and why it’s time for our state to stop dividing a shrinking pie and start making more pie.Part...

<p>Maine’s rural communities have a healthcare problem — too few providers, too much distance, and too many people falling through the cracks. But what if the solution was already parked in your town, sirens off...

<p>What does it really take to bring a city back to life?</p><p><br /></p><p>In the latest episode of Maine For Keeps, I sit down with Mayor Tom Koch, the longest-serving mayor in Quincy, Massachusetts — and the man...

<p>Ohad Maiman is one of the most visionary figures in modern aquaculture. After successfully launching The Kingfish Company in the Netherlands (one of the world’s most sustainable land-based aquaculture operations) he...

<p>What started in the basement of a YMCA is now one of the most innovative community centers in the country.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Jonathan Bush sits down with Barrett Takesian, founder and executive...

<p>How do you fix a government system that punishes truth-tellers, hides behind confidentiality laws, and fails the very people it’s supposed to protect?</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, former Maine Secretary of...

<p>Sarah Lemonick is a U.S. Navy veteran and now a product manager at Atomic Canyon, where she’s helping shape the future of nuclear energy with AI. In this episode, she joins Jonathan Bush to talk about what Maine —...

<p>When athenahealth opened a small office in Belfast, Maine, no one expected it to become one of the state’s largest private employers. But under the leadership of Jonathan McDevitt, that office grew from a couple...

<p>What happens when a seasoned CPG operator and Liquid Death investor comes home to launch her own brand in Maine?</p><p><br /></p><p>Jen Millard is no stranger to growth. She helped take Bed Bath & Beyond public. She...

<p>What happens when the boats disappear, the buyers retire, and the next generation doesn’t come back?</p><p><br /></p><p>In this raw and revealing conversation, Jonathan Bush sits down with Martin Molloy—a Navy vet...

<p>Melissa LaCasse left public radio in New York to build Tanbark, a Maine-based startup replacing single-use plastic with sustainable molded fiber. The catch? She’s doing it in a state with almost no growth capital...

<p>Maine is a state built on small businesses—so why did Forbes rank us 45th out of 50 for small business friendliness?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Maine For Keeps, Jonathan Bush sits down with Nate Cloutier...

<p>Andrew Bonarrigo isn’t a venture-backed CEO. He didn’t get a grant. He didn’t inherit a business. He started out cleaning antique bricks from the Rockland Jail, selling them for 35 cents apiece—and used the proceeds...

<p>Everyone agrees Maine needs more housing. So why isn’t it getting built?</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode of Maine For Keeps, Jonathan Bush sits down with Matt Marks, a lifelong Mainer and construction industry...

<p>Maine isn’t just losing opportunities. We’re driving them away—with energy policies, regulatory gridlock, and a learned helplessness that’s sinking our economy.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode of Maine For Keeps...