Chaska Herald - Seeking new uses for an old house - Comments

Why not consider using it as

dalmatianangel — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:57:52 -0500

Why not consider using it as an education center much like the Ney Center by Henderson?

It appears some Carver

anion — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:10:08 -0500

It appears some Carver County retirees have too much time on their hands. There are a few opinionated cusses out there reading the local "rag" with a critical eye. For example, one ol'fart said the Rapids Lake Ed. Center is technically situated on a river terrace, not a river bluff as reported in the Gehl-Mittelsted article. Apparently, the nomenclature has something to do with whether the land feature in question is situated on the inside of a meander or the outside of a meander. What's a meander?

Is this entire reuse study a meander? If it is, is it sustainable? Or is it just killing time and wasting money, an exercise in the erosion of common sense? Is the timing of the study appropriate? When can we expect the next 50 or 100-year flood? Is this just some muckety-muck's keep-busy project? So much to ponder.

Stay-tooned all you small-town feel enthusiasts. We should learn more sometime around Xmas.

Anion

Seeking new uses for an old house

Mollee Francisco — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:38:22 -0500

A restaurant, an environmental education center for hunters, a field research office – those are just a few of the reuse options that could keep the historic Gehl-Mittelsted farmhouse from facing the wrecking ball.

“It has to be viable and sustainable,” said Steve Wilmot, architect with the firm doing a reuse study on the building.