Fairbanks School Community Building - FSNA

Our History

Built in 1896, the Fairbanks School served students in the community for seventy years - grades K-5. It then served as a storage facility until Farmington schools district consolidated. The school then reverted back to the town.
Housed a lucrative business, MTE, inc. until the building burned in 1998
In 2000, a group of concerned local Fairbanks residents came together to bring the school back to life.
FSNA (Fairbanks School Neighborhood Association) was formed, and soon the community raised funds and donated labor and materials to rebuild the basement and shell of the building.
Received loans and grants from USDA and held a capital campaign to complete the building in excess of $406,000.
Became a 501 c3 non-profit organization.

Our Current Work

What we have done to date: Today we have a vibrant building for community use.
The new Fairbanks School Meeting House features design elements from the old school.
Expanded the food closet for the Farmington Area Ecumenical Ministries.
Designed a beautiful function room with a kitchen for community use.
Built an office and function room to lease.
Began a memorial garden.
Accessible rest rooms and ramp
Landscaped.
Built a Storage Space.
Held our first alumni reunion, August 2010.
Have a strong board of directors and several committees.
Our Future
Continue our fund raising efforts to become sustainable and to pay our mortgage of $1500. per month.
Build an archives/memorabilia area for artifacts from Fairbanks.
Pave the parking lot
Continue to partner with other agencies and businesses to provide education, training.
Renovate the unfinished basement.