The Center completed this project in July 2022. See the finished building or meet one of the building’s tenants in this video.

The Center’s complete redevelopment of the historic Parker J. Noyes building on Main Street in Lancaster entered the home stretch in June 2021 as new siding went up and crews worked to finish the interior spaces.

The commercial space on the first floor should open by the late summer, and the upstairs apartments are on track to be finished in the late fall.

The nonprofit Taproot Farm and Environmental Education Center will move into the first floor with an expanded space for its Root Seller Marketplace and other programs, including its gleaning program. Six apartments on the two upper floors will help fill a gap in Lancaster’s rental market, offering quality Main Street living.

The complete redesign of the building is supporting economic growth in Lancaster and the North Country by increasing housing options, enabling Main Street business to expand, and employing more than 25 contractors in the $2.9-million renovation.

“Planning for this complex project took us 18 months, and construction will take 15 months on top of that,” said Julie Renaud Evans, program director for the Center. “We’ve called on many of our strengths for this project: our vision, our ability to facilitate community collaboration, and our innovative financing. This project would not have been possible without the people who invested in it directly and without the significant private and public philanthropic support it’s received.”