The Portland Techshop has just opened. They have the "Tennis Club Model"
Currently $100/month, soon to be $125/month. http://portland.techshop.ws This is modeled after the Menlo Park Tech shop http://techshop.ws I see that there is a seattle techshop site: http://seattle.techshop.ws I wonder if there is some overlap.... On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:46 PM, William Beaty <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Crusoe wrote: > >> This is really kind of a "Stone Soup" operation, where everyone brings >> something to the table. Maybe its just a space we've all agreed to >> help rent, and we meet mostly on weekends. After a while, we can look >> into a 501(c) and get a bit more formal. With enough people buying-in, >> we can pay someone to help manage the space. > > By odd coincidence, I've just started looking for rental space to move my > basement workshop and sci/electronics library. I was hoping to find > others who need a similar rental, so we could start one big hobbyist shop > rather than scattered tiny ones. The south part of Savey Brewery > (Bottling plant) looks good. > > So, anyone else have $500/mo for long-term shop rental? A handful of > people putting up $500/each could form an unchanging "core" to keep a > large space open, with miscellaneous members adding their $10-$20/month > (but not guaranteed.) One thing we don't want is being short on the rent > every time membership gets a bit low. > > Too bad the brewery Malt House building isn't offering live-in space as > yet. They list that for future expansion. > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > > > > -- John Sechrest . Corvallis Benton . Chamber Coalition . 420 NW 2nd . (541) 757-1507 . [email protected] . . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
