Here's Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles decision/policy, posted last night.

For reference, April 13 is when public schools will be closed until here, and two of the projects mentioned below completed today and two others the day before. We have one project left, a father and daughter build project that is nearly done, but I doubt they will come in during this time. Also, we only have one or two volunteers and one person on staff (me) right now, though we were in the middle of hiring and new staff training for up to four people may be scheduled over this break, absent symptoms permitting. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases here currently is one, and this is a city with three higher education institutions, one of them being Cornell, so it's likely the actual current infections are higher.

"Hi everyone,

We're all shuffling our cards in an attempt  to come up with best practices for moving forward through this pandemic, and RIBs is committed to doing its best to make choices that help.

Here are the changes Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles will be implementing from Sunday, March 15, to Wednesday, April 13 in response to these conditions:

- Open shop will be closed. This means we will not be allowing any use of the space for public work on bikes. Exceptions will be made for the two or three people whose projects here are currently in progress.

- We will retain our normal hours, but for retail and volunteering only.

- Strict sanitary procedures will be enforced on the property and posted throughout the premises.

- Open shop on Saturday will be replaced with a weekly group ride (look for more details coming soon).

- Volunteer nights on Mondays are now closed.

- Some basic tools will be leashed to the racks outside the front of the shop for people to work on their own bikes.

- We will reassess all measures for COVID-19 on an ongoing basis, posting updates here and on the Tompkins County Human Services Listserv.

We greatly value all of our community and hope to resume open shop as soon as safety permits.

Please take care of yourselves."

~cyclista Nicholas


On 2020-03-14 19:55, peter@BikeClarkCounty.org wrote:

Free community volunteer delivery by car/bike for elderly/needy:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAMZHbn6md19Tb28SM53ayFAQK02xJv1NXVjL-J26tDZOQ-g/viewform

https://bikeportland.org/2020/03/12/cycling-through-the-covid-19-outbreak-312378

On Mar 13, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Bob Giordano <mist@strans.org> wrote:

Just a quick thought on 'essential services':

I think that community bicycle shops are essential

for healthy, vibrant, socially just communities,

in today's 'modern' age.... especially as a long

term strategy to improve our cooperative systems.

Community bicycle shops are likely not essential

as far as absolute survival and in the context of

remaining open during this pandemic.

Hopefully we've all done enough community work

to help people learn skills to work together

and fix things, with our without a dedicated

space.

Just wanted to put this thought out there, as

many shops are deciding how to move forward.

Thanks, Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula

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