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MEREDA Matters is Back for Season 3

August 1, 2025

This dynamic podcast puts you in the room with Maine’s real estate industry leaders, featuring insider conversations delivering fresh insights from the voices driving responsible development in Maine. We’re excited...

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MEREDA Elects Officers & Recognizes Retiring Board Members

July 23, 2025

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association Board of Directors elected its 2025 / 2026 slate of officers which include President Shannon Richards of Hay Runner, Vice President Jennifer Small of Malone Commercial Brokers,...

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MEREDA Announces Appointments to Board of Directors

July 21, 2025

PORTLAND, Maine (July 21, 2025) – Lenny Rendell of Gorham, John Finegan of South Portland, and Justin Laverriere of North Yarmouth have been elected to the board of directors of...

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MEREDA Releases the MEREDA Index Report for 2024

June 26, 2025

MEREDA has released its 19th edition of The MEREDA Index. As a key economic indicator for Maine, the MEREDA Index measures the pulse of the state’s real estate industry and is...

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Maine Real Estate & Development Association Elects Matthew Pitzer to its Board of Directors

July 18, 2019

Matthew Pitzer, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C of Falmouth has been elected to the board of directors of the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), a statewide organization of...

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MEREDA’s 7th Annual “Strikes for Scholars” Bowl-a-Thon Fundraiser on May 23rd Raises Funds for Scholarships for 16 Maine Students

May 31, 2019

Again this year, MEREDA is excited to be able to provide $20,000 in scholarships to students pursuing studies in building trades, architecture, construction, engineering or a business program at a...

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MEREDA Welcomes Heather Johnson, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development

May 20, 2019

The Department of Economic & Community Development's broad mission is to help communities and businesses prosper through a variety of programs providing everything from targeted tax relief to community block grants...

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Make Plans to Join MEREDA on June 4 to Learn About the State of Housing in Bangor

May 1, 2019

Housing has become a large topic of conversation in service center communities across the state. Businesses, families and individuals are being impacted by Maine’s recent economic trends; rising construction costs,...

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MEREDA is Proud to Host its 7th Annual “Strikes for Scholars” Fundraising Event at Bayside Bowl in Portland on May 23

April 20, 2019

MEREDA is proud to host its 7th Annual “Strikes for Scholars” Fundraising Event at Bayside Bowl in Portland on May 23, 2019. “Strikes for Scholars” supports scholarships for Maine students pursuing studies in building trades,...

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MEREDA Celebrates Real Estate Development in Maine: Six Development Teams to Earn Recognition

April 10, 2019

The Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), the state’s leading organization for responsible real estate development, has selected the top six real estate developments in Maine in 2018, and...

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The Top 6 Notable Projects for 2018 have been chosen!

April 9, 2019

Make plans to join us on May 7th as we recognize these developments at our 2019 Annual Spring Conference. MEREDA will also unveil the latest edition of the “MEREDA Index“. Dr. Charlie Colgan’s report...

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Join us in Lewiston on April 23 for the Last of our 3 Opportunity Zones Breakfasts

March 19, 2019

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a bi-partisan tax incentive program based on economically distressed Opportunity Zones. Investors in Qualified Opportunity Zone businesses now have the ability to...

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Make Plans to Join MEREDA on April 10 to Learn About Portland’s Economic Growth in the East End Over the Last Ten Years

March 14, 2019

Come learn about Portland's economic growth in the East End over the last ten years, including the public-private sector partnerships which support it. In 2004, the Portland City Council approved...

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The Future of Home Buying

March 12, 2019

Will technology make real estate transactions a whole lot easier? The number of single-family home transactions in Maine has been flat for the last three years and is not expected...

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