<"[travelers] see="" them="" all="" over,="" because="" we="" have="" 85="" domes="" here,"="" puja="" dhyan="" parsons,="" the="" ceo="" of="" growing="" spaces,="" explained.="" "they="" see="" them="" coming="" in="" from="" durango="" and="" ask="" the="" [chamber="" of="" commerce],="" 'where="" are="" they="" being="" made?'"="" the="" answer="" is="" easy="" because="" growing="" spaces="" has="" been="" based="" here="" for="" 22="" years.="" during="" those="" two="" decades,="" puja="" and="" udgar="" parsons="" have="" built="" the="" specially-designed="" greenhouse="" domes="" and="" encouraged="" people="" to="" garden="" year-round="" in="" an="" effort="" to="" make="" families="" more="" environmentally="" responsible="" and="" self-sufficient.="" "well,="" i'm="" surprised="" because="" we've="" been="" a="" voice="" in="" the="" wilderness="" for="" about="" 17="" years.="" for="" the="" past="" five="" years="" we've="" had="" the="" best="" success,"="" puja="" parsons="" said.="" she="" attributes="" increased="" sales="" to="" the="" new="" national="" interest="" in="" green="" options,="" as="" well="" as="" first="" lady="" michelle="" obama's="" garden="" at="" the="" white="" house.="" plus,="" some="" growing="" spaces="" owners="" have="" found="" having="" a="" dome="" provides="" them="" with="" a="" tropical="" getaway="" all="" year,="" without="" the="" expensive="" airline="" tickets.="" "especially="" now="" in="" the="" recession,="" people="" are="" choosing="" to="" have="" their="" little="" backyard="" vacation="" and="" just="" go="" down="" their="" garden="" path,="" and="" they="" don't="" have="" to="" spend="" all="" that="" money,"="" puja="" parsons="" said.="" the="" structures="" are="" built="" using="" dozens="" of="" triangle="" frames,="" filled="" with="" polycarbonate="" windows,="" making="" them="" extraordinarily="" strong.="" the="" company="" claims="" they="" can="" withstand="" colorado's="" harshest="" winters.="" "it="" will="" stand="" up="" to="" 80="" pounds="" of="" snow="" and="" 100="" mph="" of="" wind.="" the="" wind="" flows="" right="" around="" it.="" the="" snow="" just="" slides="" right="" off="" it,"="" explained="" udgar="" parsons.="" the="" company="" says="" the="" domes="" work="" especially="" well="" in="" colorado="" and="" the="" western="" united="" states="" because="" of="" the="" abundant="" sunshine.="" "essentially...="" we="" are="" capturing="" and="" storing="" the="" heat="" of="" the="" sun="" during="" the="" heat="" of="" the="" day="" inside="" the="" structure,"="" udgar="" parsons="" said.="" "we="" store="" it="" in="" that="" water="" tank.="" we="" store="" it="" in="" the="" soil."="" 9news="" visited="" several="" of="" the="" domes="" built="" by="" growing="" spaces="" in="" pagosa="" springs,="" and="" found="" despite="" subzero="" temperatures="" at="" night,="" the="" domes="" were="" able="" to="" sustain="" life.="" "last="" night="" it="" was="" 22="" below="" zero.="" admittedly="" it="" did="" freeze="" a="" little="" inside,="" but="" because="" i="" grow="" frost="" hardy="" plants="" in="" the="" winter,="" as="" soon="" as="" the="" sun="" comes="" up,="" off="" they="" go="" again,"="" udgar="" parsons="" said.="" those="" who="" wish="" to="" have="" more="" tropical="" plants="" or="" more="" fragile="" vegetables="" like="" tomatoes,="" can="" use="" a="" small="" heater="" at="" night="" to="" keep="" the="" dome="" from="" freezing="" on="" the="" coldest="" of="" mountain="" nights.="" regardless,="" by="" lunchtime="" the="" temperature="" in="" the="" dome="" rebounds="" into="" the="" 80s.="" "i="" always="" say,="" it's="" like="" going="" from="" alaska="" to="" florida="" in="" one="" step,="" udgar="" parsons="" said.="" "essentially="" it's="" like="" a="" little="" heaven,="" a="" little="" sanctuary.="" i="" just="" love="" to="" go="" in.="" outside="" is="" completely="" white,="" snow-covered="" and="" frozen.="" it's="" quite="" magical="" for="" me,"="" he="" added.="" growing="" spaces="" was="" one="" of="" the="" 50="" companies="" chosen="" as="" colorado="" companies="" to="" watch="" by="" the="" state's="" office="" of="" economic="" development="" and="" international="" trade.="" you="" can="" find="" out="" more="" about="" the="" company,="" by="" going="" to="" their="">growingspaces.comThe Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade is accepting nominations for the 2011 Colorado Companies to Watch program. More information is available at companiestowatch.org
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