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The Boys and Girls Clubs and the YMCA of Greater Waterville, Maine open new 42-foot Growing Dome Greenhouse

Lem Tingley

June 4, 2018

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Maine Growing Dome Community Greenhouse — Opening of the new 42-foot Growing Dome Greenhouse at the Alfond Youth Center in Maine

The Grand opening of the Mary Nash Beaupre Greenhouse at the Alfond Youth Center was a welcome sight to many children in the Waterville, Maine area. It is wheelchair accessible and features both aquaponics and hydroponics systems. It will provide fresh produce and herbs to the Kids’ Kitchen and Weekend Backpack programs year-round, and will also allow children to engage in STEM activities, start their own produce stands and hold community garden events.

About 200 kids per day will have access to the community Growing Dome, about 60% of which are at-risk kids. They will not only learn about sustainable agriculture, but it will also give them access to a fresh organic meal.

The project was originally spearheaded by Mary Nash Beaupre before her death but was continued on by her family, the local community and community garden grants. The construction of this greenhouse by the Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCA of Greater Waterville at the Alfond Youth Center was featured on Waterville’s local TV station WABI in September 2017, and the 42-foot Growing Dome was officially opened in May 2018.

See the full newspaper article here.

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Lem Tingley

Former Chief Growing Officer

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My wife Liz and I acquired Growing Spaces in April 2018. We were initially attracted to the company as a Colorado-based manufacturing company making innovative and environmentally friendly products. We were excited to promote sustainable and healthy lifestyles through the manufacturing and installation of the Growing Dome. I graduated from CU Boulder in Mechanical Engineering, and have been working for Colorado based manufacturing companies for the last 25 years. My core values revolve around efficiency, superior quality, exemplary customer experience and conscious business practices. We look forward to expanding our services, improving our capabilities and enabling more customers to grow healthy and nutritious food year-round without external power! Liz Tingley is a VP of Operations for a payment integrity provider to the healthcare industry. We live in Golden, CO with our three teenage boys. We love to travel, ski, hike, play board games and watch our boys play soccer.

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