We've got some friendly shops in Vancouver! Sidesaddle really stands out. They have run fundraisers on our behalf, regularly donate nice parts, and have even written a QBP community grant for us. It helps that a few of their mechanics volunteer with us, but they're also just a great group of folks that - surprise - don't see us as a threat to their business (we aren't). Probably helps that we don't do work orders.
Our relationship is more commensal than mutualistic, but we certainly do regularly send folks their way.
Alysia
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:37 AM Josh Bisker jbisker@gmail.com wrote:
Hey who's got a great example or model of a nonprofit shop and a for-profit shop getting along well and it all working to everyone's benefit? Not a two-in-one model, but a symbiotic relationship between two shops, like maybe on the same block or something. Plz?
Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op http://bikecoop.nyc/ 596 Acres http://596acres.org/ Bindlestiff Family Cirkus http://bindlestiff.org/ ____________________________________
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