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Cycle Savers Launches!
Cycle Savers kickoff reception happens Thursday, 24th of August at the MakerLabs!
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Corner of Hawks and Cordova streets from 6 to 9 PM.
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Cycle Savers Launches!
Vancouver Community Lab to build outstanding bike racks for East Van Cyclists.
The Vancouver CoLab, a non profit co-op of wood and metal workers has been awarded a City of Vancouver public art grant to design and build whimsical and sturdy bike racks for the cycling community of East Van. These bike racks will be an asset to the Vancouver cycling infrastructure as well as unique works of art to enhance our local street experience.
Called “Cycle Savers” the intention of the program is to collaborate with small business operators such as coffee shops and craft brew pubs to design secure and beautiful bike racks to accommodate many customers at a time. CoLab volunteers will work with each client group desiring a new bike rack to design and build an attractive rack that will be a landmark in the local streetscape. The City of Vancouver will provide support and permits as needed.
About
Do you love learning and skill-sharing? Take things apart just to see how they work? Wish that you had the time and money to invest in the kind of workshop that could turn your dreams into reality?
CoLab wants YOU!
The Vancouver Community Lab is an open and accessible workshop where makers, hackers, artists and tinkerers can create, destroy and re-build. We believe that everyone has the desire and ability to create things and can be trusted to develop the skills needed to do so. CoLab members work on personal, group or community projects. Funding to pay for our space, tools and consumables comes primarily from membership dues.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the CoLab?
Who can join CoLab?
Who runs the CoLab?
Further, Keyholders must donate 5 hours per month to attend drop-in hours or otherwise contribute. During this drop-in time, Keyholders should help non-keyholders if they can, answer questions from potential members that stop in but also perform routine maintenance such as cleaning bathrooms, fixing tools, etc. Lastly, attendance at the monthly meeting is mandatory.
What tools can I use?
1) Communal use- can be used by anyone that has been ok’d to use them. We hold safety sessions for certain machines that EVERYONE must attend before using them;
2) Semi-private tools- can be used only if you have permission from the owner. Please ask if you are not sure if a tool is communal or semi-private;
3) Private tools- cannot be used. These tools should be stored in a private-storage space such as a cubby or semi-private studio.