Category: The Grounds

Lois Sczomak and other members of the Guild are taking care of the areas on our grounds where there are plantings. These include the front of the building, the strip along the gravel path behind the shop, the point, and the areas next to the entrance to the west parking lot off of Madison Street.…

The Building Committee decided to create a gravel path behind the shop so that members, especially those walking around the building to check for unlocked doors, could go around safely. So they ordered some sand and gravel. And they dug out old pieces of asphalt and cement. Put in some border stone. And then laid…

Copeland Paving is sealing and striping the parking lots today, June 1, 2017. The portions of the lots that were not refurbished are the targets of our capital improvement grant request to the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Looking to the lot from Madison Street. The striper at work.

Copland Paving Company is out in force today. Photo by David Wood. Getting ready to start putting asphalt down. Photo by David Wood. First layer down. Photo by David Wood. Looking at the lot from Madison Street. Looking at the lot from Madison, closer to our building. The area in the foreground will be “greenbelt”…

Work is beginning on the refurbishing of the parking lots at The Guild. In the photo you see Copeland Paving beginning to remove layers or old asphalt from the parking lot on the west side of the building. The photo was taken on May 30, 2017. The areas of the parking lot that need immediate…