Listed below are the current and completed building projects slated for the Rice's Mills Community Center (RMCC). Click on a project to see what's involved, volunteer needs, timeframe, current status and completion. Completed projects are shown with a ✓ checkmark.

Volunteers needed!

If you are interested in volunteering to help with any of these projects, please let us know.

Install sound absorbing acoustic tiles in the main hall
Move RMCA files and filing cabinet to RMCC
Install a combination lock bolt on the front door
Eradicate invasives
Fix and strengthen fence above bank down to Rt. 132
Move Propane Heater and Tank
Refinish/paint blackboard
Improve outhouse cleanout
Curate books in bookshelf and files in filing cabinet
Refinish and paint chalkboard.
Move propane heater to between the windows for better heat flow.
Repair, clean and refinish table tops with linseed oil.
Digital Projector
Bluetooth speakers

Completed projects

✓ 2025 Spring Projects Completed!

Added - Accessiblity parking area, Game closet, Mower shelter, Step up to stage and Grab handles and automatic outdoor lighting. Moved - Bookcase to entry and refinish wall and floor where the bookcase used to be, Rice’s Mills map to new location and move Tall hutch to corner of Kitchen. Also, the attic was cleaned out and many other improvements were made to accommodate the better use of the space.

✓ Accessibility Ramp Completed!

RMCA’s major building improvement project in 2024 was planning and building an accessibility ramp and parking area to make it easier for all to enter the RMCC. A generous donor contributed funds for the project and in the spring of 2024, COVER Home Repair’s Field Director, Jay Mead, visited RMCC and developed a design plan for the ramp. Over several workdays in the fall, numerous volunteers installed a new entryway and widened a couple of doorways inside, built the ramp and created a parking area at the beginning of the ramp. The RMCC is now accessible to all going forward!

Many thanks to all the Ramp Project Volunteers: Rick and Jody Biddle, Sarah Blessum, Ben Bradley, Nadiene and Scott Carter, Noah Chute, Garrett Hack, Gabe Harrell and Wilder Wood Harrell, Chip Hobson, Lee Ilsley, Debra Kraemer, Jimmy Petrillo & Bob Walker. Click on the photos below to see a larger size and descriptive captions.

✓ Removed trees leaning toward the building on the east side

A number of trees were leaning toward RMCC and would have damaged the building had they fallen. In the spring of 2024, Ben Bradley, Ellis Paige, Steven Bradley, Rick Biddle, Noah Chute, Chip Hobson, Jimmy Petrillo and Bob Walker felled and removed the trees. Click on the photos below to see a larger size and descriptive captions.