About Us
Linda Lewis has been instrumental in planning her client's events as an event and wedding coordinator. She has been involved in the wedding and hospitality industries for over 20 years. Linda is a masterful coordinator and was responsible for planning one of the first known bridal expos in Midcoast Maine in 2003.
She uses her skills as a hospitality specialist and as an etiquette expert to organize, coordinate, and determine the logistics for any event imaginable.
Kristin Saunders-Falla is a Midcoast Maine native and has returned home to create her clients dream weddings and perfect events. Kristin has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maine. After spending the first few years of her career as a journalist, she is now creating her clients events with class and style.
She has spent several years in the hospitality industry, and has the personal touch and creates relationships with her clients for an enjoyable planning experience.
A small article the Maine Small Business Development Centers published about us and how we got started.
Maine SBDC Helps Small Business Succeed Spring 2009
Linda Lewis & Kristin Saunders-Falla
Maine Coast Weddings & Special Events, Rockport
Two new jobs were created when Linda Lewis and Kristin Saunders-Falla successfully launched their wedding and event planning business, Midcoast Maine’s only one-stop bridal shop. To do so, they approached Maine Small Business Development Centers to help them put together their financial proposal. Their parking plan seemed sold with good research to identify their opportunity and justify their strategy. Certified business counselor Brad Swanson, from the Maine SBDC service center at CEI, helped them with cash flow projections, focusing on pricing, and the timing of receipts and disbursements. Several different locations were considered and the financial impact of each was run through their projections. With an affordable, well-located retail site identity, the women obtained a bank loan, bought inventory, fixtures and furnishings, marketing materials and start-up advertising. Linda and Kristin recently celebrated their first anniversary in business, and they are looking forward to many more successful years to come.