Location: New Gloucester, Maine
Contact: Arron J. Sturgis, President of Preservation Timber Framing Inc., 207 698 1695 office, 603 781 5725 cell, arron@preservationtimberframing.com
The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village is home to the last active community of Shakers. It’s a wonderful village, and the living arrangements are very nice.
Dena Koehn grew up in Rose City, a rural town in mid-Michigan, and moved to southern Michigan to attend Adrian College. She graduated in 2005 with a BFA in Studio Art and a BA in English. After school, she worked in marketing and sales. In 2016 Dena started teaching woodworking classes with Luke in a garage, which eventually became the Sam Beauford Woodworking Institute. She has served many roles at the SBWI, including Outreach Coordinator, Shaker Box Instructor, Secretary, Treasurer, Board Member, Bookkeeper, and now Director of Operations. She is also the Event Coordinator and Social Media Director of the Great Lakes Woodworking Festival, an annual event which brings together the best woodworkers from the Great Lakes region.
