When historic buildings and structures are valued as placemaking features, communities thrive around them.
Just a few of the many examples of successful silo adaptive reuse projects from the U.S.
Silos 2 Master Planned Development, Salt Lake City UT (Building Salt Lake)
Magnolia Silos, Waco TX (Powell Tribune)
Silos of Easley Social Spaces, Easley SC (Only in Your State)
The Silos Climbing Gym, Oklahoma City OK (Stoneyard Climbing)
Mill City Museum, Minneapolis MN (Minnesota Historical Society)
Pillsbury A-Mill, Minneapolis MN (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Lofts at Globe Mills, Sacramento CA (Apartments.com)
Upper Limits Climbing Gym, Bloomington IL (Upper Limits)
Silo City, Buffalo NY (Visit Buffalo Niagara)
What kind of future do we want Fresno to have?
A future that honors its past? A future that has dynamic uses a stone’s throw from the nation’s first High Speed Rail station? Or are we content with trading the potential for a unique and attractive adaptive use for truck parking?