Town of Trent
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The Trent Town Board is looking into the costs of building a new shop and office space after the roof on its current building has started to fall in.
While no decisions have been made, the town board has been told by two contractors that the building is not worth saving because in addition to the roof, the walls are compromised and starting to lean. The contractors didn’t want to attempt to fix the problems on a building believed to have been built in 1912, Jonathan Damm, board president, said at a Feb. 13 town meeting.
“They both gave us the same answer. If you invest any money in the roof of that building, you’re just throwing it away,” Damm said.
The board has had a company draw up one idea for a 40-foot by 100-foot shop with an office on one end, but the town doesn’t have an estimate on what that type of alternative would cost. If the board looks at doing a new stand-alone building, it likely would go east of the Trent gym, Damm said.
If a new building is built, the old building, believed to be one of the oldest in Trent, would have to come down, he said.