Experience

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  robertwbooks

  • Maine, United States

  • Owner and author

    • Jan 2011 - Present
    • Maine, United States
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  Self-employed at RobertWBooks

  • Southern Maine

  • Freelance Author

    • Apr 2013 - Present
    • Southern Maine
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  Friends of City Brook

  • Founder, Designer

    • 2009 - Present

    This Waterford, Maine non-profit is creating a greenway adjacent to City Brook which powered 10 mills during the mid 19th century. The design for this park is my final Independent Studio project completed in 1992 for graduation from Radcliffe Seminars Landscape Design Program, now The Landscape I...

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  M.D. Enterprises, LTD

  • Waterford, Maine

  • President

    • Mar 1990 - Present
    • Waterford, Maine

    M.D. Enterprises, LTD (d/b/a Minerva Design) has designed, built and improved more than 200 residential gardens in neighborhoods of Boston and the Lakes Region of S.W. Maine.

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  Irish American Business Network

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Member

    • Nov 2011 - Jun 2020
    • Greater Boston Area
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  Friends of City Square Park

  • Board Member

    • 1997 - Aug 2012

    City Square Park is a state owned one-acre green space at the gateway of Charlestown from Boston. In the late 1990's the park was created above tunnels which replaced a gaggle of roadways that had marred the area for a century. As a member of the North Area Taskforce, a community group, I mon...

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  Irish Limestone US

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Sales Manager

    • Jan 2000 - Jul 2012
    • Greater Boston Area

    I am the sales manager for Irish Limestone US, an importer of limestone only found on the Emerald Isle. We provide limestone for kitchens, bathrooms, floors, landscaping (patios, driveways, walkways), and monuments.

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  Association of Professional Landscape Designers

  • Board Member

    • 1996 - 1999

    Served as a New England Region representative and edited national newsletter

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  Save The Harbor/Save The Bay

  • Board Member

    • 1992 - 1996

    Served on Board of this environmental watch dog group monitoring the federally mandated clean up of Boston Harbor.

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  New England Spas and Sunrooms

  • Retail Manager

    • Oct 1984 - Dec 1992

    Sales, service and design of sunrooms and spas.

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  Cambridge Alternative Power Co.

  • Retail Manager

    • Jan 1982 - Jun 1984

    Retail Sales and installation of green energy products such as solid fuel appliances, solar hot water and photovoltaic apparatus

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  Erewhon Natural Foods

  • Bosotn

  • Miller/Production Mgr/Sales

    • 1970 - 1983
    • Bosotn

    As a pioneer natural foods company in the US, Erewhon offered many opportunities for me as production miller who ran stone flour mills to Management of a 30 person production department, regional sales manager, retail manager, private label purchaser and inventory control manager.