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The Mill No. 5
The Mill No. 5 is a small indoor shopping center located in Lowell Massachusetts. Inside Mill No 5 there is a common shop along with various other stores open and run by other businesses. Among these stores are a movie theater, a café, and a farmers' market. The Mill is located on 250 Jackson St. Inside the Mill No. 5 there are some new stores in it monthly as some rotate out. Mill No. 5 is run as a collaborative effort with all the people involved with the stores located there. As a result of this, the building has many types of events planned early, some of them being planned by the community, others being planned by Mill No. 5 itself.

History
Mill No. 5 was originally part of a company called the Appleton Manufacturing Company and was built in 1873. Unlike most mills of the time this one was built away from the canals as instead of relying on waterpower, it instead used innovative technology with steam engines to run the mill. The mill had a boiler house and a turbine house built next to it in order to efficiently create and use its steam-based electricity. Originally the mill used manually moved coal as its choice way of boiling water but eventually renovated into using oil as it lowered the cost of manual labor. At the time the residents called it the “New Mill” as a way to distinguish it from other mills that did not use steam power and still relied on water wheels in the canals. The building itself was expanded in 1918 into a complex, but Mill No. 5 is the only standing building today as the rest of the complex was demolished and rebuilt. After time passed the Appleton Company moved south in 1927 causing them to lease the building as they no longer could make use of it. The buildings were leased to the Suffolk Knitting Company to make use of the textile mill and other tenets at the time for other purposes. Over the years the building was constantly changing hands until Jim Lichoulas Sr. bought the building in 1975 when Suffolk Knitting went out of business due to the difficulty of finding industrial tenants. Under the ownership of Jim Lichoulas Sr., he catered to tenants that were not only industrial in nature and some that had leases there are Kronos Corporation, Lowell Community Charter Public School, TransMag Inc., and briefly the Revolving Museum. Even with all these tenants Jim Lichoulas Sr. Was not successful in leasing out the top fourth and fifth floors of the mill. It was made more difficult due to some of the local Lowell laws at the time which prevented housing from being made in firmly industrial areas.

Modern History
The current Mill No. 5 is owned and operated by Constantine Valhouli and Jim Lichoulas III. They originally thought of Mill No. 5 as a dream project that they spent more than a decade preparing for by collecting different types of art to use as decorations. Whether that art be salvage, paintings, or posters. The space they made had the purpose of having all the different aspects that were missing in the Boston area under one roof. They brought restaurants, gyms, offices, and even a movie theater into their building. Both Constantine Valhouli and Jim Lichoulas III wanted it to be possible for someone to go straight from their job and see a movie in the same building. They got inspiration from the Chelsea markets in New York City which was also an old factory turned into a living space and apartment. A result of this is that many of the old historical parts of the mill were kept intact with the renovations done around it to make it livable.

Mill No. 5 Stores and Places
Coffee and Cotton: A café located in the center of Mill No. 5 that serves coffee, espressos, and lattes along with serving breakfast lunch and dinner. During the evening there is live music, events, and game nights.

The Luna Theater: A theater located within Mill No. 5 that has only one cinema and has only one movie showing a day. The movies shown are generally older films such as Friday the 13th and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. There are also different events that happen here during the week, whether that be plays or Wierdo Wednesdays.

Dows Soda Fountain: A bar counter based soda and ice cream bar with a main focus on ice cream. It serves many different types of ice cream and in different forms such as sundaes and banana floats.

A Little Bazaar: The bazaar has many places open for small businesses to rent and use as a way to sell their products. There is a space for maker’s goods and another for various oddities. There is also another section specifically used for the holiday season’s stores. There are also many different featured events that happen here such as some holiday-themed stores for the current time.

The Farm Market: This market happens every Sunday from 10:00 am to 1:00 p.m. It is possible to apply for a spot to sell your own farm goods at this market. The main goal of the market is to help support local farmers and food producers by making an easily accessible place for both producers and consumers. Some of the frequent vendors here are Nallie Pasture Farms, Bread Obsession, Sophie’s Apples, and many more.

The Shops: These shops are the more permanently established ones that are here consistently. Some of these shops are gift stores while others are photography-based, and bookstores.

The Overlook: Located on the fifth floor of Mill No.5 it is a big open multi-use area space that is used for a variety of uses. These uses include a concert venue and a marketplace. The use of this place can be booked by almost anyone as long as they have a valid reason and plan to use it.