Hello!<br>The New Haven Bike Collective has been working out of free spaces for the last 3 years.  Right now, we have a deal to get a storefront in barter for teaching clients of a non-profit (liberty safe house a group that houses AIDS/HIV victims).  We started in the basement of  building that was shared with other non-profits in the area, then after a year moved into the back room of a paint shop, then most recently we have moved to a two car garage and run all our programs out of that, but now that it is cold we are really excited about moving into this swank store front.<br>

Would love to talk more about the pro&#39;s and con&#39;s to working in a donated space.<br>Thanks<br>Cris<br>Founder of<a href="http://newhavenbikecollective.com"> New Haven Bike Collective</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Geoffrey B <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="http://vous.je">vous.je</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<div>we pay 1700 a month, cheapest in the city for a store front location. We have two floors with a large basement. One block away from a subway station linking us up with east and west of city.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 6:07 PM, allison karow <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bike.saviours@gmail.com" target="_blank">bike.saviours@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">we are in the back (warehouse) of a commercial storefront in downtown tempe.<br><br>it&#39;s $1000/month for about 2000 sq ft. <br>


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<div>On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Brian <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:brian@slobikekitchen.org" target="_blank">brian@slobikekitchen.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div>
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<div>$800 /month, 780 sq ft.  $1.02/sqft.  Downtown location, below market price per sq ft.  Owned by the city, who worked with us to keep the rent down.  Utilities are included (it&#39;s CA, climate control isn&#39;t a signification cost).</div>



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<div>Space is shared with our parent bicycle coalition, they use the other 180 sq ft for an office and our main room for meetings, classes, etc.</div>
<div>$400/month is our collective&#39;s share of the rent ($0.66/sqft)</div>
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<div>See our website below for some photos.  We think this is an absolute steal for being in the downtown core and ON our city&#39;s main bike blvd.</div>
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<div>$125/month, ~200 sq/ft</div>
<div>Rats and all, but great for keeping our piles of junk.  Near downtown, also a decent deal for the area.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 04:28, Tim Buckingham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:politicalhero@gmail.com" target="_blank">politicalhero@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">What are folks paying in rent and for how much space?<br></blockquote></div></div></div></div>


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