August 17, 2010, Tuesday - Greening the Riverfront Series - Washburn A Mill Tour

"Greening the Riverfront" is a series of programs exploring our relationship with nature, past, present and future.  One of the programs features three Tuesday night tours. The first two took place in July (Pillsbury A Mill and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory), and the third is happening August 17. 

Washburn A Mill

Date: Aug. 17, 2010

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Fee: $8 adults, $6 seniors and college students, $4 ages 6-17 and MHS members.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555

Visit the historic ruin of the Washburn A Mill, home to Mill City Museum, the Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle architectural firm, the McKnight Foundation, Mill City Farmers Market and Brighton Development, and tour the building with a representative from Meyer, Scherer and Rockcastle, the firm that designed the building. Participants will hear about sustainability as it relates to historic preservation and adaptive reuse, and the challenges in preserving a 130-year-old building and ruins. Ron Kroese, environmental program director for the McKnight Foundation, will talk about the foundation’s work in the sustainability of the Mississippi River. Included in the tour will be information about the building’s sustainability initiatives, including a presentation regarding a composting program undertaken in partnership with Eureka Recycling, and a presentation by Marjorie Hegstrom, director of the Mill City Farmers Market.

See http://www.millcitymuseum.org/ for details.