The New Ventures Trade Show featured nineteen Maine-grown businesses.
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What 25 years of Women, Work, and Community means to Maine

• An organization responding locally to global events and changes, building community one woman, one family at a time.


• Cutting edge programs and services that reflect women's changing role in the paid workforce.


• A place where the individual is valued for who she is, where hope is nourished, where dreams can take root and come true.


• An organization whose staff believe that women can and must contribute equally to Maine's economic prosperity.

• Workforce Development training expanded to access postsecondary education and trade/technical careers in promising growth sectors.
• Microenterprise training modified to target families receiving public assistance,
  rural entrepreneurs and new immigrants.
• Financial Literacy training integrated into all program areas plus a strong Family Development Account program established in collaboration with Community Action Agencies.
• Supporting women to become leaders in their communities by helping them find and use their voices to advocate for equitable policies that affect their lives.

Gala Event Sponsors
In 2004 We Celebrated 25 Years of Work in Maine!
Sponsors of the Gala Event Trade Fair