Good evening,
I thought it would be appropriate to post events since the flood at our shop. The good news is we were back in business the next day, although it took another week for the carpets and walls to dry out. It was a warm and windy week, allowing us to keep the windows open. After it turned cold dehumidifiers were brought in to keep down the dampness. It seems to have worked, although there is still a musty smell when we open the shop after being closed a few days. We don't know if the landlord will remodel (we hope so, since all we would have them do is check the wiring and strip it to bare/painted walls, floor and ceiling). We're looking to clear out as much stuff as possible in case they do. We'd probably have to move out for a few weeks.
We've worked down our pile of strip bikes - the ones that aren't feasible to repair - and are now just fixing bikes up for tradeup day (April 28) and various charities. We have come to an informal agreement with Christian Help in downtown Morgantown. We provide them with bikes for their homeless or car-free clients on a running basis. This gives us an outlet for inexpensive bikes that we couldn't sell and wouldn't be worth shipping overseas.
Several other charities have contacted us with interest in bikes for kids. If you know an agency or needy family that would put a free bike to good use, have them contact us.
Tau Beta Pi will be coming to the shop Feb 7 for a workday.
Our "Safe Routes to Schools" application has been received by WVDOT and is in consideration.
Here's where we can use more volunteers:
Starting unfunded Safe Routes activities
Fixing bikes
Tradeup Day volunteers
Office assistance
Many, many more
Have a great day.
Nick Hein
Director
2 comments:
Hi Nick, I'd heard that you had a leak at Positive Spin, but didn't realize it was so severe. I'm glad you've got things going again.
Thanks for writing this.
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