RE: owning Property...Troy Bike Rescue went through the process of buying a building from the City on auction. two collective members bought it personally for $5000 (because we had an anti-nonprofit administration at the time) and then rented it to the collective, then after a year it was sold to the collective for the original price plus what was put into it (no profit), which ended up being 11000 or so. we were able to do this because we were lucky enough to get a low interest loan from an awesome org called the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region. we now pay them $160/month which is basically a low-interest mortgage payment.... the collective taking ownership has enabled us to apply for tax exemption, all in all making it well worth all the work it has taken to do it. however it has meant putting a lot of energy in to doing renovation work which is thankfully almost to a stable state.
here are some pics from when we were first looking at the building: https://picasaweb.google.com/107632478766557853949/WheelhouseBefore it had sat vacant for several years... and was originally built as a movie theatre probably back in the 30s.
andrew Lynn Troy bike Rescue http://www.troybikerescue.org
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:48 AM, tito sands fallen.arrows@gmail.comwrote:
sopo is going through a similar process. still making decisions though, ownership is not definite. hit us up, we like the idea of getting a conversation going.
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:20:31 -0700 From: R Points poster@richpoints.com To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Durable Spray Bottles Do they Exist? Message-ID: 4F392A3F.7050505@richpoints.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
Awesome! We'll definitely give these a try.
Ride On! Rich
On 2/1/2012 5:58 PM, Chris Chan wrote:
The non-community (but still non-profit) bike shop I work at uses these, filled with Simple Green:
https://shoponline.wurthusa.com/wurthusa/servlet/CyberVendor/category/G34385...
The bottles are pressurized with the built-in pump on top. The benefit is that you just pull and hold the trigger to spray, instead of repeatedly pumping the trigger, so the trigger mechanism lasts much longer. They're fantastic to use (no carpal tunnel!), and you can spray for a long time before you have to re-pump to top up the pressure.
Not sure how they'd stand up in community bike shop use. Possibly not that well since patrons might get confused by the pump and the lever and just start reefing on everything. But they're built to withstand commercial use (much moreso than stuff you buy from Home Depot).
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Andrew Hibma <andrewhibma@gmail.com mailto:andrewhibma@gmail.com> wrote:
We use citro-cycle degreaser in the spray bottle and then refill them from bulk bottles. The bottles have lasted at least a year and we water down the degreaser because it is initially too strong. It seems to be the best option that we have come across. Andrew New Hope Bike Co-op Hamilton, On On Feb 1, 2012 10:44 AM, "Rich Points" <rich@communitycycles.org <mailto:rich@communitycycles.org>> wrote: Hey All, Over the years I have purchased dozens of plastic spray bottles for Community Cycles, we use the for degreaser. I've found a variety of different models with small differences but the one thing they have in common is they suck. They tend to last 4-6 weeks and then become unfix-able garbage. Does anyone know of something strong and durable?http://www.americanprintingequipment.com/ProductImages/spray%20bottle.jpg
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