Attracting more young people to Maine is viewed as a critical key to our state’s economic health and future vitality.
We’ll learn about efforts to bring young Mainers back to Maine, or to attract and retain new young people to move here. This week, the group Live + Work in Maine is introducing its inaugural Boomerang Weekend initiative, a series of events targeting young adults who grew up in Maine, moved away, and are back home for Thanksgiving.
Guests
Nate Wildes, engagement director, Live + Work in Maine
Catharine MacLaren, Ph.D., LCSW, CEAP, vice president, talent & diversity, Northern Light Health
Bruce Wagner, CEO, Finance Authority of Maine
Robbie Feinberg, Maine Public education reporter
Eric Smith (by phone), software engineer
Resources
- Maine Offers Tax Credits To Help Graduates With Student Loans. So Why Don’t More People Use It?
- FAME programs
- Live and Work in Maine partners with businesses and tourism groups to launch ‘Boomerang Weekend’
- Workforce recruitment group launches new strategy to lure people to Maine
- Census: Maine's Population Still The Oldest In The Nation
- Panel: More People Coming To Maine Than Going
- Maine's shortage of young people is a big problem, experts say
- MaineSpark
- Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce PROPEL
- The new magnetism of mid-size cities