Vertical Harvest multi-use development in Westbrook won t break ground until August, but food service provider
Sodexo is already prepared to reap as much as 80% of its lettuce products from the hydroponic indoor farm.
Sodexo announced this week it will serve Maine Vertical Harvest lettuce at all 14 of its partners, including on college campuses from Fort Kent to South Portland. Earlier this year, Sodexo pledged to spend at least $1 million at local Maine farms and food producers in 2021.
The four-story 70,000-square foot Vertical Harvest farm will be the first vertical farm in the U.S., and is being developed by Westbrook s
Brunswick council approves contract for new $9.1 million fire station
The single-story brick building was designed by WBRC Architects and will sit on a 2.4-acre lot on Pleasant Street.
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Brunswick Town Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $9.1 million contract with Ledgewood Construction to build a new fire station at the intersection of Pleasant and Webster streets.
The contract is expected to be signed by the South Portland based company today and construction could begin as early as next week, according to Town Manager John Eldridge.
The single-story brick building was designed by WBRC Architects and will sit on a 2.4-acre lot. The station will be around 26,000 square feet and will include seven bays, community space, bunk rooms, kitchenettes, offices and a Brunswick Fire Department display museum.
After decades of public debate, the town of Brunswick and a South Portland contractor expect to sign a $9.15 million agreement as soon as Wednesday to break ground on what could be one of the largest fire stations in Maine.
The 26,000-square-foot, seven-bay facility would be built by Ledgewood Construction, if the Brunswick Town Council green-lights the contract in a meeting Tuesday evening. Ledgewood submitted the low bid in a competitive procurement that drew proposals from 10 Maine construction companies, according to a town memo in support of the contract.
Ledgewood spokeswoman Lisa Beeler on Monday told Mainebiz the firm is ready to ink the deal and could begin work on the firehouse, at the corner of Pleasant and Webster streets, next week. She expects construction to take about 16 months.