Nonprofits & Animal Welfare
Suzan Prendergast
Bangor Humane Society
Eighteen years leading the shelter that serves thirty-five towns — and why she’d love a community that no longer needed it.
Maine Thrive Insights — Regional Hub
A local storytelling and interview series highlighting the people, businesses, nonprofits, and organizations helping the Greater Bangor region thrive.
Ten conversations and counting • Bangor · Brewer · Hampden · Old Town · Orono
The Conversations
Every Insight begins as a conversation on the Maine Thrive Voices podcast — local owners and leaders talking about the work of building something that lasts in the Penobscot Valley.
Nonprofits & Animal Welfare
Bangor Humane Society
Eighteen years leading the shelter that serves thirty-five towns — and why she’d love a community that no longer needed it.
Home & Appliance Services
The Appliance Doctor
A hand-written letter from his grandfather brought him from Long Island to Bangor — and put a decades-old family business in its next generation of trusted hands.
Nonprofits & Animal Welfare
The Animal Orphanage
Inside one of the region’s most trusted rescue organizations, and the work of caring for animals and community at once.
Home & Property Services
North Star Property Solutions
Preparing properties — and a business — for long-term success in the Penobscot Valley.
Pet Care
Woof LLC
Dog daycare, boarding, and grooming in Glenburn — building a business where trust is the whole product.
Sports & Community
MESA — Maine Endurance Sports Alliance
Building a statewide endurance sports community from the ground up, one race and one runner at a time.
Real Estate
NextHome Experience
The discipline of endurance sport meets the discipline of building a real estate business — lessons from a course-record marathoner.
Health & Wellness
207 Wellness
Real, grounded wellness support close to home — and what it means to run a business that is also a place of trust.
Food & Community
Dreamer Food
Building a food business rooted in flavor, culture, and community in downtown Bangor — and why a small city is the right place to dream big.
Health & Wellness
Performance Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab, Inc.
Movement, recovery, and injury prevention — how individualized physical therapy keeps Mainers active and pain-free.
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