On October 24, 2007, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce will present its annual awards during its 2007 Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner at the Bangor Civic Center from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m. This year, the Maine State Chamber will bestow a total of eight awards (bios below).
John E. Menario will accept the Alton “Chuck” Cianchette Business Hall of Fame award. Recipients of the Maine Investor awards are Backyard Farms; Bangor Savings Bank; Lousiana Pacific Corporation; and, UPC Wind’s Mars Hill Wind Farm Project.
Maine State Chamber President Dana Connors will honor Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Maine with this year’s President’s Recognition Award, for the company’s leadership in its business activities as well as in its commitment to collaborative problem solving.
The 2007 Chamber Volunteer of the Year award will be awarded to Mike McCabe of Whiting. Michael McClellan, executive director of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Chamber of Commerce, will receive the 2007 Chamber Executive of the Year award.
Registration information is available online at www.mainechamber.org. For more information regarding the Maine State Chamber’s Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, please contact Joyce LaRoche by calling (207) 623-4568, ext. 23, or by emailing jlaroche@mainechamber.org.
About the Maine State Chamber of Commerce
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce represents a diverse network of 5,000 businesses statewide and advocates on behalf of their interests before the Legislature and regulatory agencies and through conferences, seminars, and affiliated programs. Through its OneVoice program, the Maine State Chamber represents thousands of businesses with fewer than 10 employees. Its Grassroots Action Network works to involve members and their employees in the legislative process through outreach campaigns.
ABOUT THE 2007 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Maine Investor Awards:
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce recognizes Maine businesses for outstanding contributions to the growth of their companies and the state’s economy. We salute those that invest in the development of their community and our state.
UPC Wind’s Mars Hill Wind Farm Project
As a developer, owner and operator of wind farms, UPC Wind is a long-term partner with local Maine communities and with the state. Tax revenue from each of its wind farms helps communities pay for schools, maintain roads, and finance other municipal needs not just in the short term, but over a multi-year period. UPC Wind hires locally whenever possible, both during construction and for ongoing operations and maintenance, helping fuel economic growth for the future. For example, UPC Wind spent nearly $22 million with Maine-based companies during the development of the Mars Hill Wind Farm.
New England’s first utility-scale wind project, the Mars Hill Wind Farm, began its commercial operations on March 27, 2007. Combined with the current generation from Mars Hill along with its proposed Stetson project in Washington County, UPC Wind is projected to produce 312,500,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean, wind energy annually, enough to power approximately 43,500 New England homes.
The generation of an equivalent annual amount of electric energy from a traditional fossil fuel burning facility in New England would consume over 612,000 barrels of oil or over 166,000 short tons of coal. Based on recently published data from the EPA, traditional New England generation sources would emit nearly 142,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO), 153 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and 368 tons of sulfur dioxide (SO) emissions in producing the same energy as the combined Mars Hill and Stetson Wind Farms on an annual basis.
About First Wind
First Wind is based in Newton, Massachusetts. First Wind is an American-owned company, with a proven track record of developing, owning, and operating well-sited, community-friendly wind farms that increase energy independence. For more information on First Wind, please visit www.firstwind.com.
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For more information, contact:
John Lamontagne
Director, Communications
First Wind
617-964-3340
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