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ARCADIA Press
Central Maine college students presented business pitches to judges from the television show Greenlight Maine on Saturday. Representative from Colby and Thomas colleges combined to pitch 12 companies in hopes for a spot on the EMMY-nominated show’s Collegiate Challenge in the spring of 2021.
In all, 18 companies led by college students from across the state were given 12 minutes to pitch to judges Patric Santerre, owner of ARCADIA designworks; Janine Bisaillon-Cary, president of the Montserrat Group; and Tom Morgan, outsourced vice president of sales at Breakthrough Solutions.
The judges evaluated nine companies run by Colby students and three from Thomas students. The contest was part of Thomas College’s fourth annual Converge and Create Weekend titled “The Art of the Startup.”
Luke Truman, Allagash’s facilities manager, says Waste to Wares offers the possibility for more cross-industry partnerships like that, saying: “There is a ton of opportunity for waste reuse from Maine’s manufacturing community — it’s just a matter of connecting the dots.” He says the inspiration for Waste to Wares originated with Celeste Bard of Portland consultancy Arcadia Designworks, who was running a garbage-to-art program for children…Read More
Rob Tod, left, founder of Allagash Brewing, and facilities manager Luke Truman, inside the brewery at 50 Industrial Way in Portland. Allagash, which sells more than 100,000 barrels of beer a year in 17 states plus the District of Columbia, is leading a cross-industry initiative to reduce and repurpose manufacturing waste in Maine.
Patric Santerre and Celeste Bard, of Portland's Arcadia designworks, bought 26 Balsam Drive in Millinocket in October, and are moving their office there part-time, as well as renting out space.
By Maureen Milliken
A rendering shows one of the possible final designs of Our Katahdin's building at 230 Penobscot Ave. in Millinocket, one of several projects the firm has in the Katahdin region.
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COURTESY / ARCADIA DESIGNWORKS
A rendering by Arcadia designworks shows the finished new entrance of the Millinocket Memorial Library, located at 5 Maine Ave. Work is expected to start within weeks.
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The Portland Press Herald
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November 4th, 2018.
The Maine Library Association's recognition of Matt DeLaney as the state's top librarian marks another step forward for a northern Maine community that refuses to fade back into the forest.
Millinocket Memorial Library Director Matt DeLaney sees his soon-to-be renovated facility as a bright light for a community emerging from hard times. Photo by Andrea Nemitz
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Patric Santerre (right), architect and industrial designer at ARCADIA designworks, and intern Anya Timchenko prepare data so a MakerGear M2 printer can create a window lock mechanism.
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Maine Home + Design
Industrial Design Identity AIA DESIGN THEORY
In Patric Santerre's World, Architecture and Industrial Design
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Illustration by Ken Studtmann