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With location secured, it’s time to start building the Capitol Hill Tool Library

(Image: Jeremy Hurd via Flickr)

(Image: Jeremy Hurd via Flickr)

There is gardening to be done and spring cleaning and repairs to take on. But in a dense, urban environment, you might not have room for a shovel or a saw or a set of giant wrenches. A project a few years in the making, the shared Capitol Hill Tool Library finally has a home. Now, Sustainable Capitol Hill says, it’s time to start building it:

We found a location! Thanks to the generosity of the First Covenant Church in providing a location, Sustainable Capitol Hill is proud to announce that the Tool Library is planning to open by early Fall of this year. It will be located at the Summit Building on 420 E. Pike St., with the entrance on Crawford Pl., between Pike St. and Pine St. We still have a lot of work to do, and volunteers are a key ingredient to bringing this all together. Join us for our Tool Library Building Meetings on the 3rd Tuesdays of the month. The next meeting will be on February 17. We will also be taking membership pledges, as well as donations, so if you’d like to join our community, let us know! Please drop us a line at toollibrary@sustainablecapitolhill.org and let us know you’d like to help!
Alternatively, you can RSVP and show up to our next steering committee meeting on March 17.

A peek inside the West Seattle library. Also check out Local Tools for a look at how tech can lend a hand.

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Adam
Adam
9 years ago

Finally, some competition for Rhein Haus for the biggest collection of tools on Capitol Hill.

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