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V O L . X X X N O. X X I S E P T E M B E R 1 6 , 2 0 2 4 4 A division of New England Business Media LLC C E O / GROUP PUBLISHER Peter Stanton P R E S I D E N T Tom Curtin DIGITAL DIRECTOR Jan Holder PUBLISHER Andrea Tetzlaff EDITOR Peter Van Allen MANAGING EDITOR / DIGITAL OPERATIONS William Hall SENIOR WRITERS Renee Cordes Laurie Schreiber STAFF WRITER / SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST Alexis Wells CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mark Jeanneret Carrie Yardley RESEARCH DIRECTOR Stephanie Meagher RESEARCH ASSISTANT Heide Martin ART DIRECTOR Matt Selva HOSPITALITY Buster HOSPITALITY EMERITUS Malcolm, Zoey SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS Ken Hanson Kerry Rasor Betsy VanderPloeg EVENTS & MARKETING DIRECTOR Samantha Elliott OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Allison Spies AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Leah Allen C O N T E N T S Youth entrepreneurs A Farmington program for youth-run startups plans campus expansion 12 16 New life coming to Waterville The downtown, still a work in progress, is up and coming 20 Farmers look to the sun With solar arrays adding to revenue, Maine growers reap the benefits A U G U S TA / WAT E R V I L L E / C E N T R A L M A I N E F O C U S R E G I O N A L T H U M B N A I L O N PA G E 1 1 ยป L E T ' S B U I L D O N B I G T H I N K I N G C E N T R A L M A I N E ' S T R U S T E D C O M M E R C I A L C O N T R A C T O R GET IN TOUCH 207.236.6390 penobscotgc.com @pgcbuild P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Bonita Tompkins started the nonprofit Center for Entrepreneurial Studies to support youth entrepreneurship. Evelyn Norton is co-owner of the 135-acre Southern Farm in Livermore Falls, where ReVision Energy leases about 20 acres of the farm for a solar array. 12 20