Mountain Biking: Rubber side down- Time for a TurnaroundWell, my friends, things are finally looking up, and good timing, too, since I’m sure you’re all sick of me bitching. Recent bike build, including wheels… fun! In what feels like a fairly short time, I’ve come from sitting around … Continue reading → […]
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Center for ReSource Conservation up for $20,000 from Tom’s of Maine
I got a phone call at the end of last week alerting me that the Center for ReSource Conservation has been named as a finalist in the annual Tom’s of Maine ’50 States for Good’ giveaway.
That means they’re eligible to be named one of five groups that would be awarded $20,000 — and the voting takes place online. Anybody can cast a vote once a day through Sept. 10.
If it won, the CRC would be using the money to jump-start a program we’ve been hearing rumblings about for months: The ReSource Tool Library.
As the name suggests, a Tool Library is a place where citizens can borrow tools from a comprehensive, centralized tool inventory. By sharing resources, a Tool Library leverages communal purchasing power to ‘do more with less’, and puts tools in the hands of those with limited means. In today’s tough economy these are valuable assets for a program that also educates, conserves resources, and strengthens civic infrastructure.
CRC is the only finalist from Boulder, and there is one other finalist from Colorado: Rock the Earth, out of Denver.
