Maine’s Top Rated Local® Award Winner: Agora Grand Event Center

Top Rated Local® is pleased to announce that Agora Grand Event Center is a 2019 award winner in Maine!

If you’re looking for an elegant venue for your wedding, a conference or any other event, look no further than Agora Grand Event Center in Lewiston.

Agora Grand Event Center has received dozens of reviews with an average rating of 4.84 stars, earning them a superb Rating Score™ of 98.38 and a 2019 Top Rated Local award for ranking among the top 20 businesses in all of Maine!

Here’s just one of their many five-star reviews:

“We hosted a Chamber of Commerce event with about 240 guests at the Agora Grand. The ambiance is incredible. It was created from a former Catholic church, so it has beautiful architecture, high ceilings and stunning stained glass. The venue really took our breath away. It has been updated with a modern sound system and lighting, and there is also a luxury suite built in the former choir balcony that has great views. The team did a great job of making sure the event ran smoothly. We can’t say enough about the Agora Grand, and we highly recommend it for business events as well as beautiful, upscale weddings.” – Matt L.

Not Your Average Venue

We wanted to learn all about Agora Grand Event Center and its impressive online reputation, so we took a few minutes to talk with the owner, Billie-Jayne Cooke.

The first question we had for Billie-Jayne was what is it that sets Agora Grand Event Center apart from their competition in Maine. Billie-Jayne shared with us that Agora Grand Event Center is beautiful as it is, which saves their customers from having to do any decorating. However, it’s also a blank canvas that can be transformed. Not many other venues have that.

We also wanted to know what their mission is at Agora Grand Event Center and how they work to make the world a better place. Here’s what Billie-Jayne had to say:

“We just want to give people their fairytale events. We want brides to walk away and be able to say it was better than they ever pictured it.”

Building Success by Providing a Great Customer Experience

Billie-Jayne attributes Agora Grand Event Center’s strong online reputation to their commitment to providing a great experience for their customers. She added:

“We stay involved and keep it personal.”

Outside of building a powerful online reputation, Agora Grand Event Center has gotten their name out there through magazines and word of mouth, but in the future, they plan to do more wedding shows and invest more in their marketing to find out what works for them.

There are so many business owners out there looking to build the kind of online reputation Agora Grand Event Center has. Here’s Billie-Jayne’s expert advice for them:

“Try to keep content fresh; keep people interested, and make it personal as much as possible.”


Congratulations to the team at Agora Grand Event Center for being a 2019 Top Rated Local award winner, and thank you so much, Billie-Jayne, for taking the time to speak with us!

We highly recommend Agora Grand Event Center in Lewiston. Visit their website today!

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