What Campus Bike Shops would you recommend as successful [business] models?
I would dictate success being dictating in terms of # of students served, acquiring support and space in prime locations on campus, etc.,... but you are entitled to your own markers too.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director 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
The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
http://bikes.msu.edu/ Michigan State University
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Jonathan Morrison < jonathan@slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
What Campus Bike Shops would you recommend as successful [business] models?
I would dictate success being dictating in terms of # of students served, acquiring support and space in prime locations on campus, etc.,... but you are entitled to your own markers too.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director 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
The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
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reCycles in Ottawa, they've been around since 1994 and have staffing resources that are funded by the university.The Bike Chain at university of Toronto serves a large number of students and receives $1 from every full time student as a levy (there are over 33000 undergraduates). Community Cycles in Boulder, as far as I understand it is not officially tied to the university but is very friendly and receives a large amount of their business from CU-Boulder, I'm sure Rich or someone else here could speak further on that.
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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:06:03 -0400 From: scott@fitnesscouncil.org To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Fwd: Campus Bike Shops
http://bikes.msu.edu/Michigan State University
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org wrote:
What Campus Bike Shops would you recommend as successful [business] models?
I would dictate success being dictating in terms of # of students served, acquiring support and space in prime locations on campus, etc.,... but you are entitled to your own markers too.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director 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
The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
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On 28-Jul-11, at 1:38 PM, Godwin ! wrote:
reCycles in Ottawa, they've been around since 1994 and have staffing
resources that are funded by the university.
Sorry, that is incorrect, as re-Cycles has been pretty much self-
sustaining since 2001. Before 2000 we were under various guises
operating out of donated space since starting in early '97. Until last
year we did have a tools and supplies donor budget with MEC, but that
was it in terms of help. No university or other entity has ever given
us staffing money.
We indeed had some help from Carleton University, in that we became a
working group of OPIRG-Carleton (because they were incorporated and
had a Board) so that we could secure a Trillium Foundation grant to
get us on our way by securing a rented space. The grant went to the
PIRG, who then disbursed it to us. But we had our own bank account
from the start (though we had to fight for that) and they left us
blissfully alone. So aside from a one-time donation of (I think) $500
from them a decade a ago we've been looking after ourselves. And happy
for it! Grant applications - yecchhh...
Mark Rehder - Coordinator re-Cycles Community Bike Shop http://re-cycles.ca
Sorry, I was recalling this from memory after talking to a staff member from a shop (possibly not re-cycles) at Bike!Bike! in Toronto. I thought I recalled him saying that they were based in Ottawa and began on campus in the mid 90s and his position was paid by the university or SU. I may have confused the city and coop. .g
From: mark@re-cycles.ca To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:57:35 -0400 Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Fwd: Campus Bike Shops
On 28-Jul-11, at 1:38 PM, Godwin ! wrote:
reCycles in Ottawa, they've been around since 1994 and have staffing
resources that are funded by the university.Sorry, that is incorrect, as re-Cycles has been pretty much self- sustaining since 2001. Before 2000 we were under various guises
operating out of donated space since starting in early '97. Until last
year we did have a tools and supplies donor budget with MEC, but that
was it in terms of help. No university or other entity has ever given
us staffing money.We indeed had some help from Carleton University, in that we became a
working group of OPIRG-Carleton (because they were incorporated and
had a Board) so that we could secure a Trillium Foundation grant to
get us on our way by securing a rented space. The grant went to the
PIRG, who then disbursed it to us. But we had our own bank account
from the start (though we had to fight for that) and they left us
blissfully alone. So aside from a one-time donation of (I think) $500
from them a decade a ago we've been looking after ourselves. And happy
for it! Grant applications - yecchhh...Mark Rehder - Coordinator re-Cycles Community Bike Shop http://re-cycles.ca
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