LEWISTON — Food could be a big part of what saves Bates Mill No. 5 from demolition, according to the would-be saviors of the saw-tooth-roofed structure. Members of the Farm-2-Five project focused on agriculture, food preparation and distribution at a discussion Wednesday night. They need help from farmers, restaurants and residents to hone the idea […]
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Bates Mill group seeking to save saw-toothed Mill No. 5 building to meet Wednesday
LEWISTON — The group hoping to save Bates Mill No. 5 will host a discussion Wednesday night at the Lewiston Public Library. The discussion is the second Grow L+A has scheduled this summer to detail its plans for reusing the aging, sawtooth-roofed building. The group hopes to renovate the building, making it home to a […]
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Bates Mill No. 5 plan to be discussed
LEWISTON — The nonprofit community group Grow L+A will present redevelopment plans for Bates Mill No. 5 at a three-hour meeting at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, at Callahan Hall in the Lewiston Public Library. Gabrielle Russell, president of Grow L+A, will be joined by the group’s vice president, Peter Flanders, to share updates, explain […]
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Bates Mill No. 5 wins another reprieve
LEWISTON — Councilors spared for another six months, giving Grow L+A until Oct. 3 to come back with a fully thought-out plan to resurrect the building. “In effect, what that says is that on Oct. 3, we want the person with the big checkbook to show up and to be prepared to write a check […]
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Bates Mill 5 group makes its case to Lewiston council
LEWISTON — The group hoping to preserve and redevelop the saw-tooth-roofed Bates Mill No. 5 got to have their say Tuesday night — 75 minutes behind closed doors with the City Council. “It was positive,” said Peter Flanders, a member of Grow L+A, after the executive session. “They gave us our opportunity — the opportunity […]
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Bates Mill No. 5 saviors to make pitch to council Tuesday
LEWISTON — The group hoping to save the iconic Bates Mill No. 5 from demolition will unveil new details of its plan to city councilors during a closed door meeting Tuesday night. Peter Flanders, a member of Grow L+A, said the group’s Five-2-Farm plan has picked up four unnamed Maine investors who might be interested […]
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Settling fate of Bates Mill No. 5 tops 2013 to-do list
LEWISTON — Demolishing the Bates Mill No. 5 would be one of the biggest projects on the city’s 2013 to-do list, City Administrator Ed Barrett told councilors Tuesday night. Barrett presented a list of capital projects to a joint meeting of the City Council, the Lewiston Planning Board and the Lewiston Finance Committee. All told, […]
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New group works to save Bates Mill No. 5
LEWISTON — James Mangrum talks about Bates Mill No. 5 in grand terms, as a reflection of “a lost era of productivity” and a “torch that’s being passed from one generation of leadership to another.” The Rhode Island man who wrote his architecture school thesis on finding a new use for the mill is part […]