A 100-year-old abandoned schoolhouse in rural North Dakota sat empty for 50 years until two local women farmowners purchased it to adapt the building into a retreat center for fiber arts enthusiasts to learn the trade sustainably and from start to finish. The retreat center has 11 guest rooms, a commercial kitchen, an apartment, offices, dining room, classrooms, a fiber processing mill, and an event space. Future plans include bringing an educational flock of fiber animals to live on site on the fields and pasture behind the school. The project has increased tourism in the rural 42-person town of Nome, spurred new economic development, and inspires other non-traditional preservationists to take part in saving historic places for community and sustainable uses. We have photos of the restored building that are available upon request. See photos here: https://kfgo.com/2021/07/02/photos-the-nome-schoolhouse/
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