BLUESTEM HALL RESTORATION STORY

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BLUESTEM HALL IS A RESTORED MACHINE SHED ESTABLISHED IN 2016

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Abbie GREW UP visiting her grandpa's farm regularly and every time found herself lost in "the shed." pouring over the antique trucks AND TRACTORS, TAPPING INTO THE FORGOTTEN TREASURES AND STORIES OF FAMILY LONG GONE. she remembers studying the structure AND GENTLE MAGNITUDE OF THE SPACE and recognized this building was undoubtedly sacred. AS A CHILD, trying to outrun the wind sweeping across the prairie on a warm day and how it always seemed to pick her up and scoot her right into the shed. how being inside felt both safe and ALIVE but it was that type of conversation that she loved and can be found exclusively with old buildings. 

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Abbie went to grad school where she studied THE RESTORATION OF old buildings and got the education to design bluestem hall. ABBIE AND TIM MET AND FELL IN LOVE IN NEW YORK CITY. EVENTUALLY, THE PRAIRIE CALLED THEM HOME AND IN 2016 THEY MOVED AS THE 5TH GENERATION INTO THE FAMILY FARMHOUSE AND BEGAN BLUESTEM HALL.

 

AFTER 1 YEAR OF RE-ZONING, 8 MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION, 1 CAT,  2 DOGS,  2 CHILDren,  AND MANY NEW FRIENDS,  creating bluestem hall has been a labor of love. OUR BUSINESS FUNCTIONED AS an EVENT VENUE UNTIL 2021 WHEN WE HOSTed OUR FINAL EVENT AND MAde THE remarkable Transition TO BEcome A NATURE-based program!

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