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Let's build a repair café workshop together in Montréal

A community-led a repair café workshop at the Sycamore vacant lot that will serve 366 neighbors.

🇨🇦 Montréal, Quebec, Canada2,665 views
Marie Sarah Martinez
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Montréal
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 15 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Sycamore vacant lot, but no funding. We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $1,900. It will serve about 366 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in October and everyone is invited. We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos. Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered. Where the $1,900 goes: • Permits and inspections: $370 • Tools hire and delivery: $250 • Materials: $1,280 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
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Updates from Marie

  1. We're at 57% thanks to 29 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.

  2. Quick update: $310 raised so far (16%). I made the first payment toward materials. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Marie

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($245 in total) I made the first payment toward tools hire and delivery. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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    “Praying for you. Hope the October deadline works out. - Nakuru”

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    “All the best. Hope the October deadline works out. - Duque de Caxias”

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  • Liam W. Brooks

    Keep going, Marie. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Athens

    • Jun P. Concepcion

      Sending good thoughts. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Adelaide

      • Akari Ayaka YokoyamaQuestion

        Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Marie!

        • Marie Sarah MartinezOwnerAnswerID verified

          It's all in the list in the story. permits and inspections is the big one at $370, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Fair thing to want to know.

      • Osamu Okamoto

        Thinking of you, Marie. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't give up. All the best.

        • Bryan F. RamosID verifiedPhoto verified

          Thanks for sharing this, Marie. Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Kano so I could bring a meal. Blessings.

          • Rubina Mehwish Farooqi

            Thinking of you and your family, Marie. Shared this with my family. God bless!

            • Fernanda Simone Rocha

              Hope things get better soon. I hope things turn around soon. After 18 years in accounting I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Amsterdam!

              • Jasper Jan Smit

                Best of luck, Marie. This could happen to any of us. Love from San Antonio.

                • Tanvir Sumon DuttaPhoto verified

                  Keep going, Marie. I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Mumbai

                  $1,514.50 raised of $1,900

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