The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) Board of Directors recently approved four new Development Awards totaling $761,348 for Maine companies that are developing innovative technologies. The awards were matched with combined contributions over $890,047 by the recipients. The MTI Development Award is a conditional loan that companies pay back as they achieve success.

Awards were announced for:

Wizbe Innovations LLC, in Manchester, received $64,000 for their Parachute Fabric Match Amount: $74,000 Wizbe Innovations is using their MTI Development Award to further develop a parachute fabric for the U.S. Army with controllable and adjustable permeability. Wizbe initially began their work with a U.S. Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop a prototype fabric. Using precision manufacturing, the fabric integrates an electronic system into the fabric.

We have been running a Post the Most contest in a different neighborhood each week. Each winner receives a $20 gift card to Dunkin Donuts.

Winners gift cards are as follows (list will be update each week):

Portland (5/23/11 - 5/29/11) - Luke Pola
Honorable Mention to Meg Stiffler (it was a tie)

Downeast (5/30/11 - 6/5/11) - Jane Sanderson of Maine Coast Memorial Hospital
 
Bangor (6/6/11 - 6/12/11) - Wendy Smith

Lewiston/Auburn (6/13/11 - 6/19/11) - Monica Millhime of the Lisbon School Department

Bath/Brunswick (6/20/11 - 6/27/11) - Matt Miller

TAG SALE AT EMPORIUM SUPPORTS SENIORS’ INDEPENDENCE

HOLDEN — Aunt Nellie’s Attic is hosting a “Celebrating Independence” tag sale 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, July 2 and 3. The celebration isn’t just about the Fourth of July
though.

Aunt Nellie’s Attic is a resale and retail emporium that benefits the Hammond Street Senior
Center. As of January 1st of this year, the Senior Center in a public charity, independent of the
Couri Foundation, which has operated the facility since its founding in 1999. The shop is run
entirely by senior center members and volunteers and 100 percent of the stores profits go di-
rectly to support the programs and offerings of the senior center.

Volunteers at the resale and retail emporium have been sorting books, collecting more pallets of
new merchandise from our storage hanger, and stocking the shelves with lots of brand new,
high-end clothing and other must-haves.