There was at one time a small school, reopened as a community centre in 1975.

Not long after the center reopened, the neighborhood began to turn around.

When the center reopened on April 4, one volunteer laughed to see green splotches on her hands.

The show resumes when the center reopens in April.

The center will reopen in phases starting in May.

The mine tours were closed for the summer of 2011, but the above ground tours and interpretive center reopened.

In 2009 the center reopened and began to serve children from 1 to 5 years-old once again.

But when it announced in March that the center would not reopen at all this year, local officials were angry, citing the upcoming 20th anniversary.

A week after, the visitor's center reopened, receiving about 1,300 people a day, but no tours were conducted.

Ms. Philbin said she hoped the new ceiling would be finished and the center reopened in about a week.