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Re-Cycle Bicycle Co-op News!

Well, it's bad news and good news, really. Regular readers here may recall that Re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op have been looking for a new location for some time, and were hoping to join our community. Well, their search is finally over. That's the good news. Bad news, at least for us, is that they're not QUITE in the 'hood - the new location is on Bronson at Gladstone, next to Jak's Kitchen.

But wait! There's more good news! The co-op has formed a new partnership with Hintonburg-based Causeway Work Centre. Here are the details of this great new initiative (and info about how you can help support it):

The re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op has big news, and it comes in two flavours for Spring.

Firstly, we have moved! Yes, after eight years we have left the old basement shop behind, and have relocated to 477 Bronson Avenue (just south of Gladstone). It is a ground floor, retail space.

Our hours remain the same, and we have now switched back to the warmer-weather schedule of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 6pm to 10pm. Please come and check out the new digs! Complete info is at our website: http://re-cycles.ca.

Secondly, we have entered into a partnership with Causeway Work Centre (http://causewayworkcentre.org). Causeway provides a range of employment and educational programs and other supports to persons with mental illness and other disabilities. They were interested in setting up a bike repair training facility and found out about re-Cycles. Building on our complimentary mandates, we decided to co-locate in order to share shop tools, expertise and overhead costs.

The Causeway project is called "Cyclists’ Kitchen", and like re-Cycles it will sell refurbished bikes. This working arrangement allows both organizations to further their economic, social and environmental goals while providing an expanded service to the cycling community in Ottawa. re-Cycles will continue to provide a place for the walk-in public to learn bike repair, whether by volunteering or by working on your own bike.

Both organizations will draw from the same pool of donated bikes and parts, so you can now drop off your donation whenever we or they are open! During the summer season, Cyclists’ Kitchen will be open from 9am-5:30pm Tuesday to Friday, and 9am-1pm on Saturday. For donation details, see the re-Cycles website.

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