GMHA : The Green Mountain Horse Association

Capital Improvement

The recently-completed GMHA Capital Campaign has allowed us to make many much-needed improvements to our buildings and grounds.

Facilities

As of Spring 2009, GMHA’s current 65-acre facility includes:

• Five barns (offering 140 permanent stalls)
• Two temporary stabling areas (total of 35 stalls)
• Four all-weather riding rings
• Multiple grass riding areas
• Snack Bar/Café
• Large and small meeting rooms
• Pavillion
• Complete cross-country course, through Intermediate level
  
• Driving hazards and obstacles

Major Improvements

GMHA completed its 2.5 million dollar Capital Campaign in the fall of 2008. Even before the campaign’s completion, many of the buildings and grounds improvement projects were underway or completed. Many more capital improvements have been completed during the spring of 2009. Below you will find an overview of the capital improvements to date, and our plans for the future.

New Upwey Ring: A new all-weather surface has been installed, which is large enough to accommodate multiple dressage rings, a large driving arena, or a full size jump course. This will allow us to provide safe footing during all conditions, and allow increased scheduling flexibility. The footing around the new ring has also been improved for use by cross country and steeplechase courses.

Renovations of Barns A, B, C, and D: The Barns have been completely renovated! Stalls now measure 10'x10'. New rubber mats have been installed in all stalls. The old doors have been replaced by sliding doors with grates that can be opened or closed. New hitching rails have been installed along both sides of all barns.

New Maintenance Building:  Our new maintenance building has been added on to the back of the Youth Center. It is now two floors, with multiple entrances for equipment storage and repair. Its construction allows for the demolition of the old maintenance building to make way for the all purpose grass area.

New bathroom facilities: An addition was made to the rear of the existing youth center allowing us to build new bathrooms that replace the existing bathroom facilities.

Youth Center upgrades: As part of the bathroom addition project, the existing building was renovated; improvements were made to the lighting, ceiling, flooring and paint.

Track improvements at Birch Hill Farm: A new track was built for use by our cross-country and marathon competitors. This involved the installation of new subsurface materials and improved drainage. These improvements will provide for a safe and solid course to gallop, jump or drive through the Birch Hill Farm fields. We are grateful to Birch Hill Farm for their continued support.

Cross Country Course Improvements: We have constructed a new bank jump in the far field, near the water complex. The jump has three faces of varying heights, and a wide ramp. We hope to add a second bank to this complex in the future.

Still to Come

In the coming year, GMHA plans to complete the following projects:

• Renovation of the Upwey Barn and Creation of the Roger Maher Visitor Center: This project is underway. The interior of the barn has been completely refurbished, and a stall has been added. The exterior of the barn will be renovated in the off season. The front of the building will be converted to a visitor’s center and archive.
• Construction of Barn E: GMHA plans to construct another barn to account for the stalls lost in the shedrow barn renovation; we hope to construct Barn E between Barn A and the Upwey Barn bridge. This project is in the permitting process, and we hope to begin construction this fall.

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