The Mill Spring Ag Center hosted a group of local volunteers this week to continue converting the old school building into a fully operational multi-use space.
Some of the tasks completed were:
• Cleaning the 600-seat auditorium and stage
• Digging a trench for a new water line
• Removing old plaster from the walls of the future banquet hall
• Shoveling rock into an outdoor picnic shelter
• Jacking up and leveling a storage building
• Sorting and moving 1,200 pounds of scrap metal for recycling
• Painting a staircase
• Organizing the tool/supply room
• Cleaning construction debris from the future produce distribution center, Foothills Connect.
“We estimated the man hours of work completed by this group of six to be around 240 hours. Which for us is significant. We really appreciated all their efforts and smiling faces here this week,” said Vaughn Loeffler, a project manager at the ag center.
For more information about the ag center’s programs visit www.polkcountyfarms.org.
– article submitted
by Lynn Sprague