[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Fixers Collective... an idea for Ithaca...?

[Shira Golding]

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> From: "Kristen Olson" <kristen at historicithaca.org>
> Date: January 25, 2012 11:41:17 AM EST
> To: "'Sustainability in Tompkins County'" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
> Subject: RE: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fixers Collective... an idea  
> for Ithaca...?
> Reply-To: "Sustainability in Tompkins County" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
>
> It sounds like there is already quite a bit of repair activity going  
> on! I
> think the idea of a directory makes a lot of sense given the  
> diversity of
> services offered and their geographic distribution.
>
> Another repair offering to add to the list:
>
> Significant Elements, Historic Ithaca's architectural salvage program,
> provides lighting repair and furniture repair services (including  
> cane and
> rush chair seats, re-gluing loose joints, restoring wood finishes, and
> replacing missing parts). We also offer training in these skills, both
> through scheduled workshops and as a one-on-one service (for  
> example, if
> someone needed to re-cane a set of chairs, he/she could arrange for  
> a lesson
> with our in-house furniture expert).
>
> Much of this work is accomplished through our Work Preserve job  
> training
> program where participants learn repair skills along with retail/ 
> customer
> service and basic job skills. Our crew has repaired and refinished  
> many
> donated items which are available in the Significant Elements  
> showroom. The
> next area in which we plan to expand is hardware repair.
>
> Listings of upcoming workshops and classes can be found at
> www.historicithaca.org/upcoming-events/ and inquiries about repair  
> services
> can be made to (607) 277-3450 or in-person at Significant Elements,  
> 212
> Center Street, Ithaca Tues-Fri 9-5, Saturdays 9-4.
>
> -Kristen
>
>
> Kristen Olson
> Preservation Services Coordinator
> Historic Ithaca, Inc.
> 212 Center Street, Ithaca NY 14850
> (607) 273-6633
> www.historicithaca.org
>
> Built To Last: The Architecture of William Henry Miller, an exhibit  
> at the
> History Center co-presented by Historic Ithaca
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-39166748-12863412 at list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-39166748-12863412 at list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jon  
> Bosak
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:50 AM
> To: Sustainability in Tompkins County
> Cc: Sustainable Tompkins listserve
> Subject: Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fixers Collective... an idea for
> Ithaca...?
>
> Marian Brown wrote:
>> I noted this on the Center for a New American Dream e-newsletter
> today....
>> I LOVE this idea of a "fixers collective"... where people bring their
>> "tired, their poor, their huddled masses yearning to" be repaired....
>> http://www.newdream.org/blog/fixers-collective
>> Is this something we could do here....?
>
> I doubt we have the population to make this work in the ad hoc way  
> it's
> been set up in Brooklyn, but energy descent thinking leads pretty
> conclusively to the view that we will be repairing stuff a lot more in
> the future than we do now.  The sewing machine repair class  
> sponsored by
> SewGreen was a huge step in the right direction that deserved broader
> recognition.  I posted a link to a local lamp repair service last  
> year;
> maybe start with a local repair directory?
>
>> Perhaps this is something the Ludgate's working group could
>> consider....?
>
> Ludgate's was a drop-off point for the lamp repair service.  If it  
> gets
> going again it could be a drop-off point for others as well.  But I
> don't think it's a good location for a repair center; that should be
> downtown.
>
> There's no doubt in my mind that more repair facilities are needed  
> here.
> We have a vacuum cleaner that we tried to get fixed a couple of years
> ago; we became so frustrated with the local so-called repairman that  
> we
> finally reclaimed it from him and bought a new one.
>
> Jon
>
>
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