pme recently attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the reopening of the Bell & Gossett Little Red Schoolhouse training center in Morton Grove, Illinois. BNP Media Plumbing Group’s Nicole Krawcke sat down with Mike Licastro, Xylemn’s training and education manager, commercial building services and HVAC, to chat about the renovation of the iconic industry training facility and what it now offers its customers.
ML: The Little Red Schoolhouse was built in 1954, and along the way, we were adding to the displays with the latest technology. We had this point in time where we had a large explosion of new technology coming out, so we felt we wouldn’t be doing justice by trying to just squeeze it in there. We decided let’s step back, let’s evaluate the schoolhouse as a whole and how can we make the experience better? That’s what led to this full renovation.