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   Ross Grady (rossgrady@dood.net)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 01:57:19 JST Ross Grady

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   • Sam Whited
   @sam I live in Durham, NC, which is about 100x more compact geographically than Atlanta. Here we have a thriving Bicycle Co-op which has a physical space full of donated bikes/parts, and tools and repair stands, and the mutual aid part comes via training people to do maintenance and repair, and in exchange for time, they get to build a bike for themselves.
   
   https://www.durhambikecoop.org/
   
   It’s a great model that has been really successful, and my primary concern would be how to replicate it in a city as huge and sprawling as ATL.
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     Sam Whited (sam@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 01:57:20 JST Sam Whited

     Okay fedi! A friend just brought up the idea of having a mutual-aid bicycle repair fund. Donations to it would be set aside to pay for repairs if someone couldn't afford it. I've seen this in coffee shops, but is this something other bike shops do? Is it only valid for some things and not others? Do you need to setup a separate entity for tax reasons? How do you manage such a thing? I'm very over-excited by this idea, and can't believe I've never even considered it! Ideas and suggestions please!

     Adrianna Tan repeated this.