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Article: Caribou, Fort Kent companies receive Pine Tree Zone status
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- August 26, 2004
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CARIBOU - Maine's commissioner for economic development was in
Caribou and Fort Kent on Wednesday to congratulate two area
businesses on receiving certification as Pine Tree companies.
Jack Cashman, commissioner for the state's Department of Economic
and Community Development, visited Stainless Food Service Equipment
Inc. in Caribou and St. John Valley Trailers Inc. in Fort Kent to
recognize the projected facility and employment growth that the Pine
Tree status is helping the companies achieve.
"Part of our effort is to bring more prosperity to rural areas in
Maine where we've had a difficult time attracting investment,"
Cashman said Wednesday.
The Pine Tree program provides tax incentives ...