Finding space

[vigneshv]

Originally Posted by guniv

We contacted like two dozen realtors and property developers in our area and got a space eventually. We emphasized how urgent our move was and the level of support they'd be giving us and eventually one bit. I can go into more detail if you have specific questions.

We have a similar space problem, how big of a space did you end up receiving, and about how long did it take to receive the space (we pretty much have all of the offseason to acquire one)? Are you paying for utilities/rent or anything of the sort? Thank you for your help!

[GreyingJay]

Talk to your local library. Our city library has been incredibly generous to us and have been very excited to partner with us. They already had a mandate to promote STEM and find more ways to be relevant to increasingly book-shy teenagers, so this is a perfect match. Our library offers us the use of their community meeting room, that we have used for everything that's not fab/shop related.

So where do you set up your shop? Well, libraries also have community contacts...

[guniv]

Originally Posted by vigneshv

We have a similar space problem, how big of a space did you end up receiving, and about how long did it take to receive the space (we pretty much have all of the offseason to acquire one)? Are you paying for utilities/rent or anything of the sort? Thank you for your help!

We got a response after about two weeks. After that was another two weeks to see if it worked out, then we moved into a space. The same day, they told us that space wouldn't work (they didn't understand the scope of our program). We then were in limbo for a week or two, looked at one of their other properties which wasn't ready, and then finally moved to the space we've been all season. It's not very big, not much bigger than a small school classroom for our shop/lab and then the rest are small rooms for other parts of the team. The realtor generously pays utilities, we/the school pay internet. No rent.