I know it's not uncommon for municipalities to rent space to other governmental jurisdictions or even non-profits for $1/year.
--- Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org wrote:
This is just my opinion, but...
The sooner your can afford honest rent the better. The effort required to maintain a relationship for a "free" situation is far greater than it would be to fix a few bikes every month and sell them for rent. Not to mention they will eventually kick out out when they find someone else who is willing to pay. From the point of view of a landlord, rent money is better than tax write-offs, and if your landlord is uncle sam -- they don't need write-offs.
-- Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org
On 4/12/07, ride with heart freewheel@mutualaid.org wrote:
Greetings,
I'm writing from Madison, wisco. Our community
shop here is in kind of a
pinch with our space, and I was wondering if folks
might have some advice.
BACKGROUND: We started in 2003. We lost the
lease on our orignial space
last summer, and after a lot of messing around, we
ended up in a
comfortable deal with a small alternative high
school. We get to use
space in their rented suite of rooms in exchange
for teaching classes in
bike repair to their students. The building is
owned by the City of
Madison. We moved in last Sept. and opened shop
hours in November. The
place rocks. Here's our link: http://freewheelbikes.org/
PROBLEM: Turns out, the space we are using is not
officially rented by
the school. No rent is paid on the space. We
operate openly and
understood our agreement to be with the school.
No lease signed. The
property management vaguely knew of us, but had no
opinion...until
recently. Now they want rent and have hinted at
evicting us. We have a
meeting scheduled for next week.
QUESTIONS: Are there groups on this list that
have space donated by the
city? Is anyone able to share info about how you
negotiated those deals?
Any examples of successful situations with
city/town-donated space?
thanks a bunch! wajid freewheel workshop
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