Know what you want to accomplish from the event in advance and have questions for exhibitors prepared. Maximize your time by researching the exhibitors before attending. For more information about exhibitors, visit www.b2bMaineTradeShow.com. Have plenty of business cards available. While you are choosing from hundreds of booths and deciding how you want to spend your […]

A great deal of time is spent planning and organizing a quality trade show. For 19 years, the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council has benefited from a group of engaged local business representatives who advise the Growth Council staff regarding the show. The LAEGC is sincerely grateful for their time and dedication and would like to […]

The Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council is proud to present the 19th annual Androscoggin Business to Business Trade Show, the state’s premier business networking event. For over 33 years, the Growth Council has served as the central economic development agency on behalf of the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine. Providing business attraction, site location assistance, […]

River power fueled the industrial revolution throughout New England, and by the middle of the 19th century the farms were being replaced by mammoth mills that produced Maine-made paper and wood products, ships and snowshoes, and Lewiston-Auburn made textiles and shoes. While nearly every riverfront town in Maine was dominated by a massive mill, no […]

Exhibitors at the 2014 Business to Business Trade Show exemplify the countless ways in which the old industrial economy of the Lewiston-Auburn area has evolved into a more diversified, more robust business model, including traditional for-profit enterprises, not-for-profits, public sector, educational and healthcare, among others. The theme of this year’s show is “Building for the […]

All year long, the monthly events, including breakfast meetings and Business-After-Hours receptions, presented by the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, the largest local business membership and advocacy organization in Maine, provide area business people with some of the most robust networking opportunities in the state. Ticketed breakfasts are virtually all sellouts, and the roster of […]

Look for these businesses at the BUSINESS TO BUSINESS TRADE SHOW Thursday, June 12, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. AAA Northern New England Travel 331 Advance Orthotic + Prosthetic Services Health Care/Services 604 Advanced Fire Protection Services Fire Sprinkler Inspect, Test, Install 327 Affordable Exhibit Displays, Inc. Signage/displays 508 Amcomm Wireless Cellular Telephones/Pagers […]

The program can be used for exterior building renovations/improvements including construction of new entryways as may be required by the Maine or Lewiston historic preservation review committees; exterior lighting, signage; windows; masonry repointing; and awnings. Half of the City money invested in the project will be provided as a grant, the other 50 percent will […]