BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHT
Seven Islands Land Company “PROUD HISTORY, GROWING FUTURE.”
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Maine State Chamber of Commerce
S O M E T I M E S W H AT S E E M S like a simple
Seven Islands Land Company was es-
corporate tagline is actually a defining
tablished in 1964 to manage the Pingree
moment. As part of a planning session in
family’s timberland holdings, nearly 1
2019, Seven Islands Land Company’s new
million acres at the time, a landholding
president and CEO, Dan LaMontagne,
stretching back to the 1840s. While we
asked employees to create a phrase
will soon celebrate 60 years, Seven Is-
that encapsulated the company’s vision.
lands sits atop 180 years of forest land-
Pithy, yes, but this phrase does more
ownership in Maine.
than brand and fit perfectly on a coffee
The story of Maine’s forest industry
cup. “Proud history, growing future” re-
is so deeply entwined with the history
affirms and reboots the reason Seven Is-
of the state that it is difficult to speak
lands exists: We are here to manage the
of one without speaking of the other.
land sustainably for generations to come.
Maine’s resources have been sought after
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Written by Ann James Joles, Seven Islands Land Company
