On Portland, ME, Community Squash

"After his 2012 graduation from Bowdoin College, Barrett Takesian took a job as an insurance underwriter in Portland.

"It did not last long.

"'I knew very quickly I was not going to survive in my cubicle,' Takesian said Thursday.

"Takesian told a Great Falls Forum audience at the Lewiston Public Library he realized what he really loved was working with children - and playing squash.

"'Squash was the only thing I was good at in school,' he said.

"During the past five years, he has managed to turn his love of the fairly obscure and often elitist sport into a nonprofit called Portland Community Squash, which brings together low-income students and adults to focus on squash, wellness and academics."

A recent Lewiston Sun Journal article reported on the development and outreach of Portland Community Squash in Portland, ME.

To access the complete report, please visit:

Lewiston Sun Journal: Using squash to build community and futures (16 MAY 19)

Background information"

Portland Community Squash