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• 2026 Symposium: Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation

  • When
    Friday, September 18, 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM - 4:45 PM
  • Location
    Pillsbury A-Mill; 301 SE Main Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414
  • Spaces left
    28

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  The Association of Preservation Technology, Western Great Lakes Chapter is hosting our 2026 Symposium - Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation at Pillsbury A-Mill in Minneapolis on Friday, September 18, 2026. 

  Registration begins at 8:00 am, and opening remarks begin at 8:30 am. The program will include 10 technical presentations, a light breakfast and lunch. Following the conclusion of the technical program at 3:45 pm, a tour of the adaptively reused historic mill will be provided.

  This program will provide 5 CEUs, pending AIA approval. 

  Thank you to our event sponsors: HGA (lunch sponsor), Walker Consultants and New History (breakfast sponsors), and Klein & Hoffman (beverage sponsor). 

  Schedule:

  8:00 am - 8:30 am: Doors Open (light breakfast provided)

  8:30 am - 8:45 am: Welcome and Introduction by APT WGLC

  8:45 am - 9:15 am: Keynote Presentation, Andrea Burke, City of Minneapolis

  9:15 am - 10:15 am: Presentations

  • Bill Baxley, Restoring Dayton’s: Preservation as a Catalyst for Downtown Renewal
  • Andy Madson, Learning from Leijona: Adapting Obsolete Structures to Meet Building Code and Budget

  10:15 am - 10:30 am: Coffee Break

  10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Presentations

  • James Zeller and Ally Toonen-Talamo, 79 West Monroe Street: Adaptive Reuse, Preservation Strategy, and Building Envelope Lessons from a Chicago Office to Residential Conversion
  • Emma Brown, Adaptive Reuse of 2700 North Pine Grove from Worship to Residential
  • Rachel Will and Dan O'Riley, Ramova Theater Renewed - Restoring a "Peaceful Place"

  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch (provided)

  1:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Presentations

  • Gary Ogden, Adaptive Reuse Checklist: Evaluation Essentials for Preserving Masonry Structures 
  • Grant Magnuson, Case Study: Evaluation and Reconstruction of a Historic Sandstone Entry Tower
  • Elaine Shapiro, Repairs at St. Clement Church - A Copper-Clad Church Dome with Arched Steel Trusses

  2:30 pm - 2:45 pm: Coffee Break

  2:45 pm - 3:15 pm: Presentations

  • Marley Jane Anderson, Preserving Place, Creating Space: Adaptive Reuse of a Historic Bank as Cultural Third Space at 643 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana
  • Samuel Cusack, Tuttle By the People: Positioning Preservation as a Tool for Social Connection

  3:15 pm - 3:30 pm: Concluding Remarks and Closing

  3:45 pm - 4:45 pm: Tour of Pillsbury A-Mill

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