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The Mill Today Th eMi l l To d a yi sar e q u a l i f i c a t i o np r o j e c t o f t h eo l dMi l l Ga l l e t t od a t e da t t h e b e g i n n i n go f t h eVI I I c e n t u r y , b u t h a sb e e na b a n d o n e dt h e r e f o r ei t d e g r a d e d l o s i n ga n yh i s t o r i c a l v a l u e . I n2 0 0 1ar e n o v a t i o np r o j e c t h a ss t a r t e db u t l e f t i n c o mp l e t e dd u et on omo r ef i n a n c i n ga n dt h a t h a sc h a n g e dt h eo r i g i n a l s t u c t u r ea n dma t e r i a l so f t h emi l l .Th ep r o j e c t h a st h ef i n a l o b j e c t i v eo f r e q u a l i f yt h eb u i l d i n gt e c h n o l o g i c a l l ya n df u n c t i o n a l l yc r e a t i n gan e wp o i n t o f i n t e r e s t i nt h ea r e at h a t i sa l r e a d yp l a c eo f e v e n t s a n da c t i v i t i e s , l i k ema r a t h o n sa n do p e na i r l e s s o n s , a n di sa l s oo nt h er o u t e so f c y c l i n gp a t h s . Tot h emi l l i sn o wg i v e nt h e f u n c t i o no f b e da n db r e a k f a s t a n dr e s t a u r a n t b e c a u s ef r o mt h es t u d yo f t h ea r e at h e r ea r en os i mi l a r f u n c t i o n sn e a r b y .