I have wanted to see a group workshop happen for some time, I was able to visit a 'Hacker Space' in Denver over the holiday and it was very inspiring. They took a old warehouse and turned it into mini studios/workshops and shared equipment. It not only looks like a sustainable business model but a huge boon to the community serving as both a incubator and place for people to inspire each other and share resources.<br>
<br>Not sure how to approach making this a reality, <br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Shira Golding <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shiragolding@gmail.com">shiragolding@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000" size="3" color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><b>From: </b></font><font style="font:12.0px Helvetica" size="3" face="Helvetica">Marian Brown <<a href="mailto:mbrown@ithaca.edu" target="_blank">mbrown@ithaca.edu</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000" size="3" color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><b>Date: </b></font><font style="font:12.0px Helvetica" size="3" face="Helvetica">January 24, 2012 9:38:21 AM EST</font></div>
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<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000" size="3" color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><b>Subject: </b></font><font style="font:12.0px Helvetica" size="3" face="Helvetica"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fixers Collective... an idea for Ithaca...?</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000" size="3" color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font style="font:12.0px Helvetica" size="3" face="Helvetica">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu" target="_blank">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div> </div><div>I noted this on the Center for a New American Dream e-newsletter today....<br>I LOVE this idea of a "fixers collective"... where people bring their "tired, their poor, their huddled masses yearning to" be repaired....<br>
<br><a href="http://www.newdream.org/blog/fixers-collective" target="_blank">http://www.newdream.org/blog/fixers-collective</a><br><br>Is this something we could do here....? We do have some specialized repair groups locally, like RIBS for bikes and the Computer All-Stars/Finger Lakes ReUse for computers... but it would be great to have a place where folks who know how to rewire old lamps, or fix that finicky toaster, or what-have-you could assemble and fix one another's stuff and keep it in service....<br>
<br>Whaddaya think....? Perhaps this is something the Ludgate's working group could consider....?<br><br>Marian Brown<br><br><br>For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: <a href="http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/" target="_blank">http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/</a><br>
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