We rolled out to Maker Faire 2009 in true NIMBY style.  We hauled out a 20′ container, Snook’s Deuce and a Half truck, welding tables, barbed wire, camo net, golf carts and, of course, lots of tools.  Jen lead plastic bag wallet making while Lex and Dave taught the kids how to weld.  (Image below is Super Dave with Jaya and her first welding project.) All around it was a fabulously fun weekend.  Thank you to everyone who came a had a great time with us - and thank you MAKE for a great event.

Don’t forget to join us next Saturday June 6th for open shop day and pot-luck BBQ at NIMBY from 12 pm - until.

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The new NIMBY is coming together.  As you can imagine, the post-move-in aftermath at NIMBY^2 looked like Sunday morning on the playa.  Containers, tool boxes, air-compressors and giant pieces of who-knows-what strewn everywhere.  Countless hours of forklifting, drawing of plans and sorting out all the random piles of stuff have brought us a lot closer to being ready for people to play at NIMBY once again.

This week we are busy in meetings with the city planners, building inspectors and fire marshals.  We are working hard to get everything squared away so we can be fully up and running quickly.  NIMBY^2 is looking forward to soon hosting it’s first event in the new space.

None of this would have been possible without the support of the more than a thousand people who answered NIMBY’s call for help.  You are what made NIMBY^2 happen and you are what will breath life into 10 more years of the chaotic, ginourmous, and ridiculous space we all need.  The door is always open to anyone who wants to paint, organize, and help create the new NIMBY.

Here are some images of us settling in.  Come visit and see for yourself.

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We made the move.  It only took 40 semi-truck loads, 5 fork-lifts, countless volunteers and even more pizza - but the entirety of NIMBY has successfully relocated to it’s new Amelia Street home.  The old space was emptied, stripped, and swept out by the December 31st deadline.  NIMBY has once again shown that artists can do it on a deadline.

NIMBY could not have done it without the hundreds of people who donated money, sent emails, drove trucks, operated forklifts and brought by food for other volunteers.  The show of community support has been incredible.  Many people have already stopped by to check out the new space.  If you have not seen it yet, come by and check out what you helped to make possible.

8410 Amelia Street, East Oakland

January is going to be a month of organzing containers, working with the City of Oakland for permits, and figuring out how to set up the new shop spaces.  We have trash collection, power and internet getting hooked up this week.  With the larger space the bills are going to be enourmous - so we want to get up and running as quickly as possible.  If you have not given your support yet - we can still put your donation to very good use paying the bills while we get our “containers in a row.”

The Empty Old NIMBY

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The moving effort is in full force.  We have two semi-trucks running loads, numerous forklifts on both ends, and containers flying out the old door into the new yard.  The cold is tough on the forklifts and our fabulous crew of volunteers are working hard, but incredible progress has been made over the past few days.

Out of the 40 semi loads we had to do, we are down to another 14 loads.  After that we will be down to moving the little stuff and putting the old space back as we found it.  The wonderful new space has been generating a lot of enthusiasm.  A big thanks to the hundreds of people who made this all possible.  Come visit the new space you helped to create.

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For the first time in the history of art spaces it was not the space that held up the paperwork. It has been a long week of fine print, contracts, insurance papers and meetings. We finally did today what we were ready to do Monday - we paid the deposit and got the keys.

None of this would have happened without the incredible outpouring of support from all corners of the community. We raised enough funds for the deposit and NIMBY wrote the biggest check ever - for 10 more years of giant art, crazy events, and broken machines. A great thanks to all of you for making this possible.

The pack up at old NIMBY is almost complete. We are commencing with moving containers and yes we can use your help. We are still collecting donations to finance the move itself - if you have not yet lent your support to this gargantuan endeavor its not too late to be a part of making it happen.

We will be celebrating Christmas at the new location.

Here is a view of the new location at 8410 Amelia Street, East Oakland

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The outpouring of support from individuals and other organizations that like what we do has been amazing this week.  NIMBY 2.0 would not be possible without all of your support.  Speak with the donate button and help us raise the remaining $6,500.

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Dale Dougherty at MAKE, those wonderful folks who put on the Maker Fair, wrote a great post about NIMBY.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/12/oaklands_nimby_space_need.html

We only need to raise another $12,900 for the new space by December 15th.  We are doing really well.  The support has been tremendous.  Help us get the rest of the way there by donating.

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