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Creative Reuse Center

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Creative Reuse Center

Finding a space to serve as community and school resource for cheap/free art supplies and recycled materials. Offer free/sliding scale classes such as sewing and gardening, etc.

Members: 10
Latest Activity: Oct 1

Similar Projects Thrive in Other Cities

Check out the School and Community Reuse Action Project in Portland and also the Creative Reuse Warehouse in Chicago.

These are an excellent tool and provide options for art supplies at a low cost and frequently incorporate donated and recycled materials which keeps items out of landfills and puts them in the hands of people who can make good use out of them. The Creative Reuse Warehouse was an invaluable resource when I was living in Chicago and our house made lots of visual and noisy props for protests after September 11.

Commercial, Municipal, and Residential Recycling
CHA Recycling
Blackstone Bicycle Works (former Resource Center Program)
Prepared and Perishable Food Recovery
City Farm
Urban Composting and Community Gardening
Creative Reuse Warehouse
Jobs (creates jobs, one which was held by my excellent roommate)
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Lolly

What Materials to Offer?

Started by Lolly Sep. 4, 2008.

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Madonna of the Doves Comment by Madonna of the Doves on June 19, 2009 at 7:17pm
love the concept-too much waste out there- and mass production is Killing Mother Earth..
Lolly Comment by Lolly on October 1, 2008 at 8:45am
Community Forklift is a similar organization in Hyattsville that also works with building materials and might have some interest in collaborating. They also have some space available, but it's a little bit difficult to get to without a car. I talked to some people at Crafty Bastards who sounded interested and also there are some arts groups that are trying to get use of some of the closed down schools for art spaces.
Christian MacAuley Comment by Christian MacAuley on September 23, 2008 at 11:49pm
Check out this link: Green Reuse Marketplace

They are a client of mine, and currently are connecting salvaged materials with builders. Seems like there may be some overlap / room for synergy.
 

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Lolly Alex G. Peter Krsko Lora Bea carly Christian MacAuley Sheridan Jennifer Knight Mary Cook
 
 

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