FAME’s annual celebration of its successful partnerships within Maine business, lending, and higher education communities featured a reception, exhibits by Maine business and education organizations that partner with FAME, a dinner and awards presentation, and a keynote speech by award-winning poet and part-time Maine resident Richard Blanco.

Beginning November 1, 2016, FAME lender customers can opt to use:
•NEW 3- and 5-year fee options for term loan insurance;
•New 3-year fee option for line of credit loan insurance;
•Leveraged insurance in the OnLine Answer (OLA) application process.

The Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) will celebrate another year of successful business and educational partnerships at its annual meeting and awards event, Showcase Maine, on Thursday, November 17, 2016, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Inaugural poet Richard Blanco is this year’s guest speaker.

The Board of Directors of FAME visited an eleventh-generation dairy farm, the state’s largest food bank, local restaurants, area businesses, and a higher education institution recently in Androscoggin County to learn about their successes, needs and future plans.