If you glance around the Faribault Woolen Mill Factory, you may notice a lot of new flowers blooming this August. A series of rain gardens and a berm were installed last year as part of a flood mitigation and water quality improvement project.
During the last ten years, the Faribault area has experienced several 500-year flood events. In 2010, a flood damaged part of the Woolen Mill building. After Chuck and Paul Mooty purchased the Woolen Mill and opened it back up in 2011, another flood appeared in 2013. During this flood, staff filled and placed sandbags around the building to keep the rising water out. A couple of years later there was a flood of even greater proportion where they needed to sandbag again.
Read the full press release with much more detail: Woolen Mill Flood Mitigation Project Helps Improve Cannon River Water Quality
