Building Community, One Story at a Time
North Square Ribbon Cutting, the heart of The Mill District
While COVID may have delayed our plans for a ribbon cutting, North Square Apartments at The Mill District opened to residents in July of 2019. Two years later, the apartments are fully rented, more stores have joined our slate of commercial...
Shake Out the Last of those Summer Shimmies!
We thought we couldn't be more excited for the last Outdoor Movie of the summer until...plans came together for a PRE-MOVIE DANCE PARTY!! Before Wednesday reverts back to being just "the middle of the week" this fall, come shake out those summer...
Tony Maroulis Joins the WD Cowls Team.
https://businesswest.com/blog/w-d-cowls-names-tony-maroulis-vp-of-real-estate-and-community-development/ Our company, WD Cowls, has just named Tony Maroulis its Vice President for Real Estate and Community Development! A respected regional leader...
Three Kings Day Celebration Garners Local News Attention
Local news outlets took notice of our Three Kings Day Celebration on Facebook and came out to see what it was all about. A photographer from the Hampshire Gazette and an interviewer from 22 News joined us, grabbing footage of the day and talking to...
Cowls conserves the Walter Cowls Jones Working Forest – 2k+ acres
WD Cowls and Kestrel Land Trust Conserve 2,038 acres with MA Fish & Game and USDA FS Located in Shutesbury, Leverett and Pelham, these Conserved Forests are Adjacent to and Expand Upon the Largest Contiguous Private Conservation Project in MA...
Storywalk featured in Gazette Article
Amherst’s StoryWalk puts ramblers in touch with children’s literature By SCOTT MERZBACH Gazette Staff Writer Published: 11/15/2020 8:05:16 PM AMHERST — Along a trail named for famed author Julius Lester, who made his home in the Amherst area,...
The Mill District Storywalk is up!
The latest public art installation in walkable North Amherst is The Mill District Storywalk, now up along the Julius Lester Trail, beginning at the trailhead at the back left corner of Mill River Recreation Area. Our Director of Placemaking, Hannah...
‘Embrace the Past, Embrace the Future’ – new public art installed
Located on the Hobart Barn in North Square, a series inspired by Cowls history. Artist: Joe Dulude II Medium: exterior paint on wood Artist statement: In this work, artist Joe Dulude II continues his exploration of the juxtaposition of the...
Cinda Jones hoping to lure restaurant, bar, entertainment venue to augment Mill District
With the Trolley Barn in place and the Cow Barn ready to receive Atkins Farms, next on the redevelopment docket is the 14,400 sf sawmill building. With the Mill District beginning to take shape, the possibilities for the heart of the Cowl