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Work that will eventually turn 110-year-old Central School into much-needed residential apartments has begun! T.W. Clark Construction + Ridley will start with some grant-funded preliminary work which includes repair and maintenance of historic features. This work consists of the installation of skylights, painting of exterior wood trim and wood on the bell tower, work on the vertical circulation/accessibility components of the project, and removal of carpeting to allow floors to be refinished. The process of re-purposing the school has been a...
The Musselshell Rural Investment Cooperative held its annual membership meeting on November 1. An update by development partner Randy Hafer on the Central School project was on the agenda. He had some very good news for the Roundup community. The project is now 100% capitalized with all Central School Development Venture partners on board. Hafer is working with a lender interested in rural community development, especially of historic buildings. Details of the construction loan and long-term loan package are nearing completion. The lender is...
Folks probably haven’t heard about the Musselshell Watershed Coalition lately. That doesn’t mean that its partners haven’t been busy. Though meetings were virtual during the time pandemic restrictions were in place, cooperation and collaboration were still evident. Immediately following the 2011 Great Flood on the Musselshell, the Coalition organized a triage group called the RAT Team, comprised of experts in river behavior, which surveyed the length of the river with an eye to assisting ranchers in their recovery effort. That project has l...
The historic Central School sandstone building is still waiting patiently in Roundup for its makeover. Developer Randy Hafer said last week that he has still been diligently working on the development project that will transform the school into quality residential apartments. When he heard nearly a year ago about a low interest federal housing loan that would be a good fit for the project, he decided to apply to fill in a piece of the financing necessary to complete the project. The loan will replace an anticipated higher interest loan from a b...
Members of the Swimmers Forever group in Roundup met after the holidays to consider the question of moving forward on renovation and opening of the indoor swimming pool located in the south end of the Community Center building. Over the past three years, the group has conducted surveys, held fundraisers, and helped to fund an extensive professional engineering study of the feasibility of the project. The Preliminary Architectural Report (PAR) prepared by Collaborative Design Architects in Billings in consultation with Greg Benjamin, structural...
