The Kirk & Greg Powell Building, located at 173 Main St., was dedicated in honor of their generational work in Waterville.
Harold Alfond Foundation
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Maine’s community colleges receive $75 million grant to expand short-term workforce training
The donation was made by the Harold Alfond Foundation to build on the success of existing programming that the organization believes can help ease Maine’s labor shortage.
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Alfond Foundation donates $80 million more for UMaine athletic facility upgrades
The gift, which comes on top of $90 million the foundation awarded to the university in 2022, will go toward building a new complex for soccer and track and field, expanding the Shawn Walsh Center and adding a new multipurpose practice facility.
Posted inHealth, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, News
MaineGeneral Health seeks to expand Augusta cancer center, with $36 million project up for review
Officials said the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care is seeing many more patients than anticipated when it was built, and demand for services is projected to continue increasing.
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UMaine raises $3 million as part of plan to upgrade athletic facilities
The private donations are part of an ambitious fundraising drive to complement a $90 million gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation.
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Fans will return to UMaine sporting events in the fall
School officials are ending their ban on spectators that has been in effect during the pandemic.
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UMaine unveils $110 million plan to upgrade athletic facilities
Officials believe the ambitious project, which is funded mostly by a gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation, will provide a boost to the school’s recruiting efforts.
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Hotel opening, $11.2 million revitalization project among plans for this year in downtown Waterville
The Lockwood Hotel completion by Colby College is just one of many projects expected to occur this year in downtown Waterville, including the completion and opening of the Arts Collaborative across Main Street from the hotel.
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Former Larsen’s building in Waterville gets ‘top-to-bottom’ renovation and will house nutrition store
Businessman Bill Mitchell is renovating 57 Main St. in downtown Waterville, where Elm City Nutrition is slated to open on the first floor this spring and the upper two floors are large, high-end apartments.
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Planning underway for statewide UMaine engineering college
The initiative, funded with a $75 million investment from the Harold Alfond Foundation, will build on existing programs to add capacity and opportunities across the University of Maine System.