On April 9, 2025 at their regular Wednesday morning meeting, Hamilton AM Rotary club members had their eyes opened about the upcoming Open Doors Ontario Program. Natasha Smith, Volunteer Co-ordinator highlighted some of the Hamilton buildings that will be featured locally in this program to be held on May 3 and 4 all across the Province.
Natasha pointed out that Hamilton has many beautiful old properties that have found new lives through adaptive reuse. By far the most sustainable of building methods, the adaptive reuse movement recognizes that the greenest building is the one that is already there. This year, a number of Hamilton buildings will illustrate how you can use, restore and repurpose old buildings. The craftsmanship of the past is made vibrant through the technologies of the present.
From Dundas to Ancaster to Stoney Creek to Downtown Hamilton, experience Doors Open where everything old is new again.
Hamilton AM members have an opportunity to act as volunteer "hosts" at the Hamilton locations. This is being considered as a club "Community Service" opportunity and likely several members will team up at Magnolia Hall, the former St Mark's Church, recently renovated.
