Updates about the Tolt Commons Community Shelters Project
The framework is complete on the shelter, and it is stunning. Jon Romanelli and his team; Barry, David and Jon have created a true piece of architectural art. Each piece of wood has been hand detailed with chamferred edges, mortis, tenoned and dowelled. The roughhewn milling marks are still clear giving added texture to our […]
The new shelters will be so much more than Farmers Market Shelters. Many people have realized that these structures will provide the opportunity for creating a central place for the community, with the nearby downtown businesses, park and playground, food bank and so much more. Here is a thought provoking overview of things we can […]
The timbers for this project have a story of their own. According to our local historian Isabel Jones, the trees were planted on what is now called ‘Evacuation Hill’, from a bundle of seedlings leftover from replanting the local forests after logging, which the workers didn’t feel like going out to plant, so they planted there. […]
On September 13th, City Council voted to pass a resolution to accept a cash donation from Sno-Valley Tilth for $18,000 which made up the difference in funds between what we had in the budget and the lowest bid we recieved to construct the shelters. They followed with a vote to accept the bid from Timbers & Tilth to build the project. […]
On Thursday October 13th, 2011 we finally broke ground on the Tolt Community Shelters Project. Contractor Jon Romanelli, owner of Timbers & Tilth, began by removing the sod layer for the concrete slab which gave an immediate idea of what the project will look like. And he began to haul over the lumber which has been curing for […]