Bicycle Shed

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The Bicycle Shed is a rehabilitation and upgrade project completed on a failing, city-owned structure in York, Alabama. The structure's main purpose is to house the utility NOW! public works vehicles that were created by the municipalWORKSHOP in 2003. This project involves a number of low-impact design features and also was a catalyst for the creation of a community bicycle-recycling program and student workshop. Community volunteers Jessie Cunningham and Ervin Sturdivant, Jr. run the bicycle-recycling workshop. The youth bicycle workshops are held the first Saturday of each month and are free to children 17 and under. The Bicycle Shed's water system works through rainwater harvesting and all used water is pumped outside the building to surrounding plant beds. A hand washing station is located at the back of the building. The structure is equipped with a functional TV/Radio antenna and a solar panel mounted to the antenna base supplies the energy for the buildings water pumps. The water pumps are portable, and can be used with one of the utility NOW! vehicles that has been equipped for the watering of area plants and trees.

 

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Field Team:
Richard Saxton
Ervin Sturdivant, Jr.
Jessie Cunningham
Marc J. McCay
Stuart Hyatt
Daniel Splaingard
Mary Jane Everett

Workshop Managers:
Ervin Sturdivant, Jr.
Jessie Cunningham

Support:
Alabama Power
City of York
Coleman Center for Arts and Culture
Heart and Sole Fitness of Meridian, MS

Additional Thanks to:
Amy K. Horst
Atu Isreal
Charles Munoz
Dan Sturdivant
Kris Harzinski
Todd Bockley
Matt Lynch
James Cockrell
York Home and Auto
Gary James
Cobbs Pub