Opening Our Doors Tomorrow!
Dear Friends,
The time has arrived!! We are opening the doors to our gorgeous new environmental education center at 845 West Street tomorrow, Tuesday, September 13! Though we are still working to put the finishing touches on our building and site, we welcome learners, explores, and nature lovers of all ages to come visit our incredible new building that is free and open to all.
Please save-the-date-our Grand Opening Celebration will be on Saturday, October 1, 2016!! I hope you can join us during this full day of festivities.
We have an exciting program line-up for this fall season, some right on our heels like the Caterpillar Lab this coming Saturday! There are many programs scheduled during the week and on the weekends this fall and we will expand drop-in hours for the public to include weekends this winter. Currently, our public hours are Tuesday-Friday, 9-5pm.
To celebrate and support our exciting new Center, we are inviting our community to join or renew their membership by October 31 for a chance to win a kayak!
Thank you supporting the Hitchcock Center past, present and future!! We are truly grateful for our generous community in keeping us strong and supporting education for a healthy planet!
With warm regards,
Julie Johnson
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We moved in on August 23rd, 2016!
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Our deck has a great view.
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Executive Director Julie Johnson, introducing the Welcome Wall, ecological principles, and glyphs to visitors.
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Visitor’s chat on our oak benches, harvested from the site.
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EnnisArt completes the Connecticut River watershed in our Ecotone.
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Adam Heintz of PV Squared helps him team install SunPower solar panels.
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Congressman Jom McGovern announces project funding.
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A portion of our greywater system is installed.
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Exterior cedar is stained with a Penofin Verde finish.
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Press plate trusses add final shape to our building.
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The GluLam timber frame is installed.
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Gravel base is added under our office space in the south wing in preparation for insulation and slab.
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Our slab is poured.
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Mark Ledwell of Wright Builders and Sam Batchelor of designLab Architects discusses plan specifics with two subcontractors.
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Foundation frames.
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Footers are installed for the foundation.
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Sam Batchelor of designLAB Architects discusses the project during a NESEA Pro Tour.
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Chris Riddle, Hitchcock Center Project Manager, formerly of Kuhn Riddle Architects.
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Mark Ledwell of Wright Builders discusses the project during a NESEA Pro Tour.
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Hitchcock Executive Director Julie Johnson discusses the Living Building Challenge during a monthly “living” building site tour.
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Hitchcock Center students help us break ground.
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John Olver, Retired Member, United States House of Representatives talks with James Brassord, Chief of Campus Operations, Amherst College
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Ellen Story, Massachusetts State Representative 3rd District Hampshire County at our groundbreaking.
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Jaana Cutson, Hitchcock Center Board President speaks at our ground breaking.
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The community gathers for our groundbreaking.
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Groundbreaking!
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