OCBC has worked closely with the City of Cleveland over the years as a subcontractor for SRTS education, first through the Dept of Health and then directly for the school District, and have done lots of work with the Rec Dept. for local EAB's at Rec Centers (funded with grants that we obtained). I would not say we are in any way "backed" by them though -- we were invited by a previous councilman to seek City funding for an Earn a Bike program, but found the application and reporting requirements too burdensome to be worth it.

Having this kind of partnership with a gov't entity helps with "legitimacy" but also leads some to think that we are "government funded" and therefore everything we do or sell should be free.

Good luck, Sylvie -- report back with your conclusions, please!
Jim

Jim Sheehan
Executive Director
Ohio City Bicycle Co-op
1840 Columbus Rd
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
216 830 2667
OhioCityCycles.org


On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 2:41 PM, <samuelchristianjensen@gmail.com> wrote:
The Iowa City Bike Library (bikelibrary.org) has received various forms of city support over the years, including nearly free rent in a city-owned building while I worked there a few years ago. You might want to reach out to them for more info. 

Den tor. 30. aug. 2018 kl. 12.02 skrev Cyclista Nicholas <cyclista@inventati.org>:
Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles is kind of sponsored by our city - by proxy.
Our parent organization, though independent, is substantially funded by
the city (among other sources).

RIBs isn't a co-op, though. Our history and community has a lot of
background with cooperative structure and mutual aid, but we have a
hierarchical structure planned for the foreseeable future.

Our city also has a infrastructure advocacy organization, and a bike
share, so your situation and ours may be similar.

-cyclista Nicholas


On 2018-08-30 16:21, Sylvie Baele wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I am currently pursing dual master's degrees in Env. Sciences and
> Public
> Administration. One of my courses is Urban Transit, and a project for
> it is
> a mock presentation tailored for a City Counsel study session. Another
> organization in town already focuses on advocating for infrastructure
> and
> we already have a bike share, so I would like to 'educate council' on
> bicycle co-ops. Has anyone done this? Or even better (maybe I'm
> dreaming),
> but does anyone know of any co-ops that are city-sponsored in some
> form?
>
> Sylvie
>
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