Revision as of 18:01, 23 June 2007

We need a place where we can go and work on these projects in an environment that stimulates creativity and motivation. The shop will provide a work area, resources, and knowledge to help people with their projects.

Brainstorm!

Possible means of obtaining said shop:

1. Become a for-profit "professional" Make Shop. See: http://www.techshop.ws/
2. Become non-profit organization and find projects that are a good source of income to pay for the shop.

Locations

• flagr.com map of location scouting: http://www.flagr.com/maps/makeshophsv

• Place Off of Leeman Ferry
  • Bill Skeets (Commercial Real Estate), He was recommended by a guy at work. So drop Glen Westrich's name.
    • (256) 650-0628 (brimstone personally knows Tommy Battle, let him try talking this up)
    • (256) 527-4103
  • $1200(rent) + ~$200(utilities) = $1400/month

Progress

• 06/06/2007: Opticron's mother is a real estate agent and is asking her contact for info on something that's sub-$1000 a month with 1K+ sq ft.

Things to remember

• No matter where we decide to rent, make sure we have a real estate/property lawyer evaluate and negotiate the lease. Commercial leases are highly mutable---we have a lot of say in our liabilities, but a lawyer is really needed to make sure we aren't getting screwed.
• Essay on Private club legal status regarding membership and equal access and whatnot: [1]
• Site about private clubs: [2]