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Board and Staff


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jimmy McLaren, President
Samantha Wolfe, Vice President
Jane Sullivan, Secretary
Donna Brown, Treasurer
Ruth Catton, Director
​Colleen Swartz, Director
Board Meeting Minutes
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Executive Director
Kristin Fleetwood
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Kristin handles the day to day activities at the Mills Community House. 
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The Mills House was deeded from the Congregational Church of Benzonia to the Mills Community House Association, a newly formed 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, in 2002. The all volunteer board of directors is made up of community supporters who believe in the value of this historic landmark. The mission of the Mills Community House Association is to “provide a venue for arts, cultural, and educational opportunities and experience in Benzie County through the renovation, preservation, and operation of the historic Mills Community House as the center of these community functions.”

The Mills Community House is located in the heart of Benzonia, on U.S.-31 and just up the hill from Crystal Lake and the village of Beulah. The distinctive red brick building,  built in 1909 as a dormitory for Benzonia Academy, became the Mills Community House in 1925, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been used as a public venue throughout its history; a gymnasium, meeting location, site for educational and cultural programs, and home to the Benzonia Public Library.
June
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 8 Academy Lecture: Car Ferries in Ice
​13 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
21 Plant It Wild
22 BPL Summer Reading Program
24-26 Benzie County Community Chorus Summer Concert Series
​28 Maureen Esther: HistoryTeller
​29 BPL Summer Reading Program

July
 6 BPL Summer Reading Program
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11 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
13 BPL Summer Reading Program

​13 Academy Lecture
15-17 Benzie County Community Chorus Summer Concert Series
18 Blood Drive
19 Plant It Wild 
20 BPL Summer Reading Program
​26 100+ Women Who Care
​27 BPL Summer Reading Program
29 BPL Book and Puzzle Sale

August
​10 Academy Lecture
​16 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
​23 Making Teas and Tinctures


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Mills Community House Association
​891 Michigan Ave.
PO Box 421

​Benzonia, MI 49616
millscommhouse@gmail.com
​231-882-0591

Walk In Office Hours
Mondays 10-2* or 
​by appointment.

*Excludes holidays and overlapping events

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Donna Brown, Ruth Catton, 

Jimmy McLaren, ​Jane Sullivan,
​Colleen Swartz, ​Samantha Wolfe

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Kristin Fleetwood
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A 501(c) 3 organization
Tax ID (EIN): 75-2977687

Land Acknowledgement
​Benzie county occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of Anishinabek people. The Mills Community house recognizes the Anishinabek of the Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwa (Chippewa), and Bode'wadmi (Potawatomi); historic Indigenous communities in Michigan; and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. Benzie County occupies land ceded in the treaty of 1855. We give thanks to the Anishinabek as the caretakers of the Earth and for their relationship to the land.

  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Board and Staff
    • History
    • Noteworthy at the Mills
    • Newsletters
    • Venue Photo Gallery
  • Events
    • Upcoming Public Events
    • Partnerships >
      • 100+ Women Who Care Benzie
      • Benzie Area Historical Society
      • Benzonia Public Library
      • Versiti Blood Center
      • ZONTA
  • Rentals
  • Ways to Give
    • Volunteer
    • Brick Fundraiser
    • Endowment Fund
    • IRA Charitable Rollover
  • Contact Us