North London Mill Preservation, Inc. (NoLo)
A Colorado 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
EIN 81-5191907
Annual Reports, beginning with the most recent
2021 Annual Report
2020 Annual Report
North London Mill Preservation, Inc.
January 1, 2020-December 31, 2020
Grants - Capital $268,663.50
Grants – Programming 5,000.00
Social Media Fundraising $ 3,675.20
2020 TOTAL INCOME $293,492.43
Capital Expenses $279,495.90
Programming Expenses $ 6,375.22
Professional Memberships/Training $ 70.00
Vehicle Expenses $ 1,399.25
Bank and Other Fees $ 291.36
Printing & Postage $ 298.76
Supplies, Tools, Equipment $ 762.51
Tax Preparations $ 1,300.00
Entertainment /Networking $ 424.53
2020 TOTAL EXPENSES $294,765.20
Balances December 31, 2020
Capital Account $ 7,332.74
Operating Account $ 5,265.34
PayPal $ 227.88
Cash $ 435.52
2019 Annual Report
Foundation and exterior framing for North London Office
Construction Documents for stabilization of the North London Mill
Survey and engineering and environmental assessments for North Mosquito Creek Crossing
History and Archaeology Workshops
Partnership with Colorado Adventure Guides to provide backcountry education and avalanche awareness courses
History Colorado State Historical Fund $153,991
Colorado Gates Family Foundation $48,330
Park County Land and Water Trust Fund $19,887
South Park National Heritage Area $7983
Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety $1539
History Colorado State Historical Fund $152,867
Colorado Gates Family Foundation $25,000
JM McDonald Foundation $25,000
Park Country Land and Water Trust Fund $77,524
Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety $8461
Grants - Capital $201,850.50
Grants – Educational Programming $ 7,983.00
Crowdsource Fundraising $ 4,837.65
Capital Expenses $192,649.60
Program Expenses $ 6,985.76
Licenses & Permits $ 880.00
Professional Memberships/Training $ 80.00
Vehicle Expenses $ 3,144.50
Printing & Supplies $ 344.28
Postage & PO Box $ 182.08
Advertising/Promotional $ 237.71
Fundraising Expense $ 730.77
Entertainment /Networking $ 304.80
Loan Payback to Jeff Crane $ 2,890.92
TOTAL EXPENSES $210,815.85
January 1, 2019 bank balance $4,731.10
December 31, 2019 bank balance $14,534.24
2018 Annual Report—Activities Summary
In its second year of operation, North London Mill Preservation, Inc. has made considerable progress in pursuit of our mission to plan, finance, preserve, and manage the historic buildings of the North London Mill site, rehabilitating them for backcountry recreation and education.
- Receipt of SHF grant to stabilize office (submitted April 1, awarded June 1–$35,000)
- Stabilization of NoLo Office – October 2018
- Received SHF grant October 1 for $153,991, awarded December 1 to work on exterior of the office.
- Coordinated HSA work with Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DMRS)
- DMRS secured federal funds to stabilize the NoLo Mill
- Completed Historic Structure Assessment (HSA) of Mill—December
- Received SHF grant October 1 for $153,991, awarded December 1 to produce construction documents for critical elements of the Mill
History and Archaeology Workshops
- H&A Workshop prep in early June 2018, discovered archaeological features not discernible when AAC did site survey because of vegetation growth by late summer—plans to expand the recording in a future grant, doing the work as soon as snow melts at the site.
- History and Archaeology Workshops (August 2018) 30 participants
- NoLo organized and led several informal ski tours to the site.
- Volunteer work days; clearing willows, preliminary clean-up of Office, site work, and stabilization of office.
- Fundraisers (South Park Brewing, Rocky Mountain Underground, Festival in the Clouds)
- Online fundraising
- Board changes—Wynn Miller, chair; Beau Paisley joined the board
- Kate McCoy and Jeff Crane are no longer board members; it was determined they could better serve the organization as Executive Co-Directors.
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2017
Annual Report
North London Mill
Preservation, Inc. was established on February 1, 2017 with the assistance of
attorney Ken Ransford, who has generously continued to advise us as this
project has taken shape. In our first year, we made significant progress
pursuing our mission to plan, finance,
preserve, and manage the historic buildings of the North London Mill site,
rehabilitating them as backcountry accommodations.
Early Spring 2017,
we held a fundraiser at the Alma Town Hall at which we raised over $1,000 from
the local community, which helped offset some of our start-up costs. We spent
considerable time researching digital archives of the Fairplay Flume, other newspaper archives in the Denver Public
Library, and sources in the Park County Local History Archives to learn more
about the London Mines, in general, and the history of the North London Mill
site, in particular. This work was important preparation for our nomination of
the site for Park County Local Landmark status, the first step in qualifying
the site for grant monies from the History Colorado State Historical Fund.
Near the end of
June, we submitted our initial draft of the nomination and met with the Park
County Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (PCHPAC) in July. The PCHPAC
encouraged us to conduct an archaeological site survey to determine the
boundary of the site and the resources within it. They helped fund the survey
with a $2000 grant. The Alma Foundation generously granted us $500 for the
survey. We raised the remaining funds in a Facebook campaign with a pledge to
match donations up to $1000 from our friend and supporter Niles Emerick.
Thirty-five plus individuals donated more than the $1000 match and Emerick’s
employer, Apple, Inc., matched his contribution, fully funding the
archaeological site survey.
Also in July, we
did some work to secure the NoLo site, posting signs, installing a security
light and a barrier to the access road. We had a booth Burro Days in Fairplay,
where we had the opportunity to present our project to the public, answer
questions, and raise funds. We held a formal meeting of the Board of Directors
on July 27, 2017 at the South Park Saloon.
Jon Horn of Alpine
Archaeological Consultants conducted the archaeological site survey in late
August 2017. Local historian Jerry Davis discovered the original 1893 mineral
plat for the site. We resubmitted our nomination of the North London Mill site
to the PCHPAC, which was approved on September 16, 2017 and signed by Mike
Brazell, chair of the Park County Commissioner on September 21, 2017. Around
this time we also secured a 50-year lease with MineWater Finance LLC for the
historically designated site, the term necessary to apply for grants from the
History Colorado State Historical Fund (SHF).
On October 1, 2017,
in partnership with preservation architect Jessica Reske of Form+Works Design
Group, we submitted grants totaling $243,270 for the rehabilitation of the
North London Office to the SHF and the Gates Family Foundation. We were awarded
$60,000 from the Gates Family Foundation contingent upon award from the SHF. On February 1, 2018,
we were notified by History Colorado that funding was not approved. Two of the
reviewers of our application recommended funding, while the other two did not.
All of the reviewers were encouraging and gave excellent feedback and
suggestions to improve our application.
Because of the timing of the review process, none of the reviewers
appeared to have been aware that we had secured $60,000 in matching funds from
the Gates Family Foundation. We resubmitted a scaled-down version of the Office
grant to the SHF for the April 1, 2018 grant round (pending). The Gates Family
Foundation agreed to extend our deadline for securing SHF funding through 2019.
We submitted a
non-competitive application for an Historic Structure Assessment (HSA) in the
amount of $15,000 for the North London Mill on October 17, 2017. We were
notified in December 2017 that we were awarded the grant. Form+Works Design
Group will begin the work on the assessment in May and June of 2018 when the
snow melts on the road to the Mill.
We led several
ski-touring expeditions to the site during the winter of 2017. With each, our
knowledge and understanding of the potential of the site for backcountry
snowsports grew. And with the 2017-18 season now behind us and several more
tours this past season, we now have a much better awareness of the specifics of
access, snowpack, conditions, and terrain. The takeaway is that the NoLo site
offers excellent backcountry skiing/riding opportunities, with plenty of
low-consequence terrain, perfect for backcountry education, right in our
backyard. Visitors to the site have been stunned by the beauty of the setting
and the uniqueness of the architectural remains.
It is the stunning,
iconic nature of the NoLo site that first inspired this project. It is almost
as if the site itself had a desire to become something, and we are merely
following the logic of that desire - as a sculptor seems to discover the
sculpture in a block of stone.
We are grateful to
our Board of Directors as well as the many agencies and individuals who have supported this project.
First and foremost, we are grateful to Joseph
Harrington, President of MineWater Finance, LLC, for his openness to our
imaginings and his cooperation. Lisa
Rucker at Gates Family Foundation. We are thankful to the many Park County
officials who have supported our efforts, especially Gary Nichols, Director for Recreation Development, John Deegan, County Planner, and Cindy Jones, GIS Specialist. Thanks to
the people of Alma, Town Administrator Nancy Comer, The Alma Foundation, and Josh Voorhis USFS Park County Ranger.
There are many more
people to thank, and we will try to list them all at the end of this
report.
It has been an
incredible first year for NoLo. As we write, our second year is shaping up to
be an exciting one, with an Historic Structure Assessment of the Mill and
initial work on the NoLo Office rehabilitation planned for the summer. No
doubt, there are challenges ahead - some of which we know about, some that will
surprise us. We’ll just keep doing the next thing.
Jeff Crane &
Kate McCoy
President and
Vice-President
North London Mill
Preservation, Inc.
Board
of Directors
Wynn Miller,
Colorado Springs
Dean Misantoni,
Alma
Bonnie Paffenroth,
Alma
Our deepest gratitude to these sponsors and major donors:
Al-mart, Alma (Corey and Karen!)
Breckenridge Distillery,
Breckenridge (Michael Neff!)
High Alpine Sports, Fairplay
High Country Healing, Alma
Mountain Outfitters,
Breckenridge (Cindy and Doug!)
South Park Brewing, Fairplay
South Park Saloon, Alma (Anouk
and Larry!)
Upslope Brewing Company, Boulder
Wilderness Sports, Silverthorne
Minette Doss, Alma
Niles Emerick, Denver/Alma
Thomas Guerin, New Jersey
Paul Robbins, Madison, Wisconsin
And all those who generously supported this project in
2017!
