Sarah Guerette, Director at CEI to tell our listeners about the newly opened, third Women’s Business Center in Portland, which CEI operates with funding from the Small Business Administration. The Center is a tremendous resource to female entrepreneurs, and they want to let aspiring business owners know about the asset they have in the Center and the business advisors they can find there to either establish their business or to grow it. 

Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 community development financial institution (CDFI) founded in 1977 with a mission to grow good jobs, environmentally sustainable enterprises and shared prosperity in Maine and rural regions throughout the U.S. One of the nation’s leading CDFIs for over 43 years, CEI has provided $1.46 billion in loans, equity and tax credit financing for 3,039 businesses and projects helping to build livelihoods, wealth and a more equitable, sustainable economy.