12 Apr
2007
12 Apr
'07
5:51 p.m.
This is just my opinion, but...
The sooner your can afford honest rent the better. The effort required to maintain a relationship for a "free" situation is far greater than it would be to fix a few bikes every month and sell them for rent. Not to mention they will eventually kick out out when they find someone else who is willing to pay. From the point of view of a landlord, rent money is better than tax write-offs, and if your landlord is uncle sam -- they don't need write-offs.
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Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison
Project Coordinator
Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective
2312 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
w: 801-328-2453
c: 801-688-0183
f: 801-466-3856
www.slcbikecollective.org
On 4/12/07, ride with heart freewheel@mutualaid.org wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm writing from Madison, wisco. Our community shop here is in kind of a
> pinch with our space, and I was wondering if folks might have some advice.
>
> BACKGROUND: We started in 2003. We lost the lease on our orignial space
> last summer, and after a lot of messing around, we ended up in a
> comfortable deal with a small alternative high school. We get to use
> space in their rented suite of rooms in exchange for teaching classes in
> bike repair to their students. The building is owned by the City of
> Madison. We moved in last Sept. and opened shop hours in November. The
> place rocks. Here's our link:
> http://freewheelbikes.org/
>
> PROBLEM: Turns out, the space we are using is not officially rented by
> the school. No rent is paid on the space. We operate openly and
> understood our agreement to be with the school. No lease signed. The
> property management vaguely knew of us, but had no opinion...until
> recently. Now they want rent and have hinted at evicting us. We have a
> meeting scheduled for next week.
>
> QUESTIONS: Are there groups on this list that have space donated by the
> city? Is anyone able to share info about how you negotiated those deals?
> Any examples of successful situations with city/town-donated space?
>
> thanks a bunch!
> wajid
> freewheel workshop
>
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