The crowd gathers.
This site will be the driveway for the digester facility.

Shovels are lined up and ready for the ceremonial groundbreaking.
The Van Wingerden greenhouse, which will be partially heated from
coolant water from the digester, is in the distance.

Andgar, a local Whatcom County contractor, will be the builder.

Color baskets from Van Wingerden's greenhouse added to the celebratory mood.

Kevin Maas of Farm Power Northwest (right)
talks with attendees before the ceremony.

Whatcom County, City of Bellingham, and WA State elected officials
and policy makers attended the event.

Kevin Maas of Farm Power Northwest gives the opening remarks.

A great turn out from the community.

Whatcom County Executive, Pete Kremen speaks.

Daryl Maas of Farm Power Northwest speaks.
His son joined him on the podium.

Sharon Exley of USDA Rural Development speaks about
grant funding for the project.

Tom Maclean of Puget Sound Energy speaks about their Green Power program and
PSE's role to purchase electricity generated by the digester.

The digester will produce enough power for 500 homes.

 Pastor Felix Anderson from Christ the King Church in Bellingham,
leads a prayer to bless the site and the project.

Wally and Nancy Maas, parents of Kevin and Daryl Maas provided the inspiration
for the sons to seek an entrepenurial path in life.

Left to right: Mike Van Wingergen, WA State Rep. Kelli Linville,
Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen.

The ceremonial ground breaking in progress.

The ceremonial ground breaking in progress.

The ceremonial ground breaking in progress.