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1 | Name | ABC No Rio | PianoFight | Redstone | Qilombo (formerly The Holdout) | Lamont St Collective | Flight Deck | People’s Community Market | Brooklyn Base | The Commons Brooklyn | HUB Oakland | HUB DC | Hollis Works | [Freespace] | Berkeley Bio Lab | |
2 | How relevant? | Very relevant | Very relevant | Very relevant | Very relevant | Very relevant | relevant | relevant | relevant | relevant | relevant | relevant | somewhat relevant | not very relevant | not very relevant | |
3 | Overview | a community center for oppositional art and culture in the lower east side | a theatre space and restaurant/bar | a diverse group of non-profits, artists and activists lending a positive spirit to the community | a radical social center that supports community in struggle | a center of leftist political activism and neighborhood advocacy... evolved into a community of artists and public events | a launch pad for theater, visual arts | a community retail grocery store | a sociopolitical space committed to the dissemination of revolutionary left and anarchist ideas and organizing | a community & educational center dedicated to healthy communities, individuals and environment | a co-working/ community space for social entrepreneurs | a co-working/ community space for social entrepreneurs – this one especially focused on co-ops, timebanking, etc | a private real estate enterprise/business incubator for hardware/product engineering | an arts & culture stunt in a between-tenant, fixer-upper office/retail space | enables biotech entrepreneur R&D by providing lab facilities, community, and other services | |
4 | Operations – location | NYC | SF | SF | West Oakland (San Pablo) | DC | downown Oakland | West Oakland | Brooklyn, NY (1302 Myrtle Ave) | Brooklyn, NY (388 Atlantic Avenue) | Uptown Oakland (2323 Broadway); over 60 other sites worldwide | DC | West Oakland (34th & Hollis) | SF (formerly 1011 Mission, now 1101 Market); also forming in cities worldwide | 626 Bancroft Way, Bldg 3 Suite B, Berkeley | |
5 | Operations – open? | open since 1979 | opening Fall 2014 | opended in 1915 (!!) as a labor temple | rebooted 2014 | open since 1975 | opening June 2014 | opening 2015? | opened 2013 | opened 2010, scrambling now that Brecht Forum closed | opened Feb 2014 | opening later in 2014 | opening 2014? | opened June 2013 and re-opened Mar 2014 | opened | |
6 | Operations – management | a collective of collectives; the individual projects enjoy autonomy in their affairs, building-wide matters are addressed collectively | PianoFight is actually a subleasor of an LLC they co-own; that LLC holds the master lease and gets investments; a separate LLC holds liquor/food licenses | |||||||||||||
7 | Operations – lease terms | 10 year lease with two 5-year options to renew based on market values; negotiated very low cost per sq-ft; received 1 year free rent and then more in exchange for tenant improvements; secured a $400k private loan from the property own | rent | intends to own | Renting only | Renting only, landlady makes decisions | Owns | intends to own | intends to own | Occupying unused space | unsure | |||||
8 | Finance – expenses | $1.2M to open, ? to operate monthly | $1.5M min, $3.6M target, $4M max | $1M to open, ? to operate monthly | $171K development, $14MM cumulative complete | $10k to open, $25k/month rent for several months | ||||||||||
9 | Finance – revenue | theater event tickets, restaurant/bar | rent and sales from theatre space, gallery, rehearsal studio, co-working spaces | grocery sales, etc | rent from members, major event fees | rent from members, major event fees | rent from members | n/a | ||||||||
10 | Finance – fundraising | in 2009, awarded $1,650,000 in capital funding from NYC; currently doing another capital campaign | began with two $15k seed investors to write biz plan, draft lease, and craft private investor memo; now, after 3 years, almost (but not quite) done raising $1.2M including $130k via Kickstarter | raising appx $4M via “direct public offering” | tbd – just finished in March | raised $1.5M including $145k via Kickstarter | tbd | $25k via IndieGoGo, city grants, et al | ||||||||
11 | Contact | Sean Conroy, member | Betty Traynor info@redstonesf.org | Brahm Ahmadi, President/CEO | Lisa Chacon, CFO | Allison Basile, cofounder | Seth Heltsley, founder et al etc | Mike Zuckerman, cofounder | Ryan Bethencourt, cofounder and CEO | |||||||
12 | site URL | http://www.abcnorio.org/ | pianofight.com | http://www.energy-net.org/REDSTONE/ | qilombo.org | lamontstreetcollective.net | theflightdeck.org | peoplescommunitymarket.com | thebasebk.org/about | thecommonsbrooklyn.org | oakland.impacthub.net | impacthubdc.com | hollisworks.com | freespace.io/events/2013-06/ | berkeleybiolabs.com | |
13 | biz plan URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wCJ96yG-FndXg2cFFCMlBGVTA/edit?usp=sharing | peoplesmarket.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/PCM-Preferred-Stock-Offering-Memorandum-2013.pdf | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wCJ96yG-FnSFhMc3hTYnMwWHVlNHVpd0ZDN1JMSE1MNjd3/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||||||||
14 | crowdfunding URL | kickstarter.com/projects/1026891604/pianofight-sfs-next-landmark-entertainment-venue | https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-flight-deck-launch-a-shared-performance-venue-arts-space-in-oakland | peoplescommunitymarket.com/buy-shares/ | ? | ? | kickstarter.com/projects/konda/what-makes-you-come-alive-bring-it-to-the-hub-0 | n/a | indiegogo.com/projects/freespace-a-temporary-space-for-lasting-change--7 | n/a | ||||||
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