Episode 1: The Old Stone Mill Center for Arts and Creative Engineering in Adams, MA

Hi, and welcome to Audible Café, where we spend time together
each week to explore the natural world, wildlife, sustainable
living, and climate change.

Today, I’m sharing my interview with Leni Fried and Mike
Augspurger, who founded the Old Stone Mill Center for Arts and
Creative Engineering in Adams, MA. Also featured is Rosemary
Wessel of No Fracked Gas in Mass renown, who is the Mill's
green energy consultant and a founding volunteer.

The Old Stone Mill Center for Arts and Creative Engineering is
just that: a beautiful public space that solves a big
problem for many folks, which is not having the
equipment, materials, and/or physical space to pursue their
creative and engineering projects. The 28,000 sq. ft. building is
currently undergoing Phase I of a renovation made possible by a
grant from ArtPlace.

The Center's founders and volunteers are currently working
to:


Position the mill as a zero-waste enterprise that also
diverts materials from the waste stream – they are collecting
lots of things to redistribute throughout the community, to
people who need them and to people who want to create
new things from old things. They are already diverting
(literally) tons of stuff! 

Design and build art spaces, an industrial sewing
center, and a machine shop with an astounding collection of fully
functional, donated equipment and tools available to those who
cannot afford to fully outfit their own shops and studios. And
what's not functional, Mike can fix!

Provide space for community members to come together to learn
and experiment in arts and technology.



The mill is located at 2A Grove Street (Route 8) in Adams,
Massachusetts, right next to the beautiful Hoosic River.
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Thank you Leni, Mike, and Rosemary!
We had a great time chatting at the mill.

The Old Stone Mill Center is evolving. Please get in touch with
the Mill's team at leni@oldstonemillcenter.org if you'd
like to be a part of it!


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LINKS FROM THE SHOW


 


Old Stone Mill Center 


The Bagshare Project  


Turn, Turn, Turn - When a Hammer Just Won't Do


Deconstruction Bonanza – The De-Mise of a De-Humidifier


Leni Fried Printmaking website


Mike Augspurger’s One-Off Handcycles website


Youth Center, Inc. in Adams, MA .


Old Stone Mill Center Project Page at ArtPlace America


Berkshire Trade and Commerce July 2018 article


Jean Pain Composting Method


No Fracked Gas in Mass


 


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