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Photo courtesy of Skowhegan Savings 150TH CELEBRATION -- Skowhegan Savings employees recently spent a Saturday at the Dexter Municipal Skate Rink painting the rink, siding the skate hut and planting trees. Over the next several months Skowhegan Savings will celebrate its 150th anniversary with customer appreciation events at each branch, including the afternoon of Sept. 18 in Dexter.
Photo courtesy of Skowhegan Savings 150TH CELEBRATION -- Skowhegan Savings employees recently spent a Saturday at the Dexter Municipal Skate Rink painting the rink, siding the skate hut and planting trees. Over the next several months Skowhegan Savings will celebrate its 150th anniversary with customer appreciation events at each branch, including the afternoon of Sept. 18 in Dexter.

Skowhegan Savings among FAME honorees

Contributed • December 20, 2021

AUGUSTA – Although FAME did not host its annual Showcase Maine event in person this year, it bestowed the annual “At Work for Maine” awards virtually. FAME presented the awards to business, lending, and higher education partners in order to recognize their meaningful contributions to the state. Video profiles of each of the honorees are posted on FAME’s website, as are recorded remarks by Gov. Janet T. Mills, who was slated to give the keynote address had an in-person event occurred.

The Lender at Work for Maine Award (less than $1.5 billion in assets) was presented to Skowhegan Savings: FAME is honoring Skowhegan Savings in recognition of their outstanding commitment to making Maine’s communities better places in which to live and work. They were the top lending partner of FAME’s in the category of lenders with less than $1.5 billion in assets. 

Over the past year, Skowhegan Savings partnered with FAME on 13 loans totaling approximately $3.9 million. This in turn helped to create and retain 77 Maine jobs. Examples of businesses FAME assisted in partnership with Skowhegan Savings include: Bell Holdings; FHF Realty; MooMoo’s Playcare Center; Northern Lights Maine; and Ranger Contracting.

“Although we were unable to gather in person this year, FAME wishes to thank and recognize so many of our partners for their contributions to Maine’s economic and educational well-being,” said Carlos Mello, FAME’s acting chief executive officer. “We are pleased to honor these select partners who help to make Maine’s economic and educational futures brighter, especially during these challenging times.”

In her recorded message Mills stated, “Organizations like FAME, which are able to make education more affordable, able to make good-paying jobs available, and able to support local businesses, are more important now than ever before.” The Governor congratulated the various award winners in addition to FAME: “On behalf of all Maine people I want to thank the staff and board of directors of FAME . . . for all your hard work.”

FAME is a quasi-independent state agency that provides financial solutions that help Maine people achieve their business and higher education goals. FAME helps to create a Maine workforce with good-paying jobs by focusing on the nexus of economic and educational development. FAME recently was recognized for the seventh consecutive year as one of the Best Places to Work in Maine. To learn more about FAME, please visit www.famemaine.com.

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