The Iowa City Bike Library (bikelibrary.org) has received various forms of city support over the years, including nearly free rent in a city-owned building while I worked there a few years ago. You might want to reach out to them for more info. 

Den tor. 30. aug. 2018 kl. 12.02 skrev Cyclista Nicholas <cyclista@inventati.org>:

Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles is kind of sponsored by our city - by proxy.
Our parent organization, though independent, is substantially funded by
the city (among other sources).

RIBs isn't a co-op, though. Our history and community has a lot of
background with cooperative structure and mutual aid, but we have a
hierarchical structure planned for the foreseeable future.

Our city also has a infrastructure advocacy organization, and a bike
share, so your situation and ours may be similar.

-cyclista Nicholas


On 2018-08-30 16:21, Sylvie Baele wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I am currently pursing dual master's degrees in Env. Sciences and
> Public
> Administration. One of my courses is Urban Transit, and a project for
> it is
> a mock presentation tailored for a City Counsel study session. Another
> organization in town already focuses on advocating for infrastructure
> and
> we already have a bike share, so I would like to 'educate council' on
> bicycle co-ops. Has anyone done this? Or even better (maybe I'm
> dreaming),
> but does anyone know of any co-ops that are city-sponsored in some
> form?
>
> Sylvie
>
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