Ascend has already received advisory, in-kind, and other support from the following people and organizations:Ryan O'Connor; Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber of Commerce; Dana Connors and Joyce LaRoche, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce staff; Midcoast Education Outreach Program; Main Street Bath; Bowdoin College; Brunswick Women’s Network; Tanya Pereira, and Cary Weston of Fusion Bangor; Chip Morrison and Jennifer Moulton of the Androscoggin County Chamber, and YPLAA; Sally DelGreco, Jonathan Labonte, Kristen Cady, Amanda Roggio and Amanda Rector of Realize!Maine; Rick Redmond and Suzanne Rende of Cynergy; Tracy O’Clair and others of KV Connect.

This list could certainly go on and on and the steering committee would like to extend our thanks to everyone for all of your input and support during the planning stages of Ascend.