FYI Bike Works in Seattle has closed our Community Bike Shop and cancelled all programming through the Month of March.  But now they are closing all  the public and private K-12 schools in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties through the end of April so we will have to see what is next for us.  Employees are still working remotely or in very small groups onsite to process bike donations, build bikes for the shop etc

Stay safe and healthy!

Deb
Deb Salls
Executive Director
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206.695.2607
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as a vehicle for change to empower
youth and build resilient communities.
Bike Shop: 3709 S Ferdinand St, Seattle, WA 98118
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:03 PM peter@BikeClarkCounty.org <peter@bikeclarkcounty.org> wrote:
We’re monitoring based upon our local state and city guidelines.  Also, monitoring our local school district (whether to shut down our programs which will gear up in a month).

We have spray bottles with 5:1 water bleach recommend ratio to clean our community benches, tools, and stands between users.  Auto hand san dispensor at door and every work bench.  

Options to close shop to deep clean, or only have one staff per day work on bikes, or lay off staff to collect unemployment, etc are being reviewed.  

As Seattle hit hard I’m sure Portland/Vancouver metro is pending..

We just posted social media & newsletter as follows:

At Bike Clark County, health is a big part of our mission. In regards to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are continuing to monitor information put out by Washington State Health Department, and the Vancouver School District.  We are a community use space, and want to be sure all of our volunteers and employees do their best to stay healthy. At this time, we have decided to proceed with volunteer night as scheduled. Educational programs will also take place as scheduled, following the Vancouver School District's lead.  As information changes, this may also change. 

We wanted to check in with you to ensure that everyone follows best practices to help stem the spread of this pandemic. 

  • Please stay home if you are sick.
  • All benches and tools regularly wiped down with bleach. 
  • Wash your hands with soap and water regularly
  • We suggest wearing surgical gloves provided by the shop to help remind you not to touch your face. 
  • Practice social distancing while in the shop
  • If you are in an at risk group, please stay home. We want to enjoy your company for years to come.
  




Peter Van Tilburg
Executive Director, Board VP
Bike Clark County

Community Bike Shop:  
1604 Main St., Vancouver, WA. 98660
Wed-Sat 11am-6pm, Sunday 11am-4pm

c. 503.572.9894
Bike Clark County is equipping, empowering, and connecting youth to our community.


On Mar 12, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Bob Giordano <mist@strans.org> wrote:


Hi,

We're monitoring the situation like many
of you,

We're doing the small things like keeping
clean; for now using extra paper towels
instead of old, clean t-shirt for communal
hand drying; considering the wipe down of
tools, etc

Also talking about closing for a couple
weeks, or whatever appropriate time length.

And we can use that time to do deep cleaning,
bike building, organizing, and so on.

Maybe keeping some fix-it stations open?

...wanted to see what others are thinking?

Thanks,
Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula


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