The former SJ printing plant would be ideal

The former printing plant for the Statesman-Journal, an industrial facility with abundant room to securely store and segregate bike parts for recycling, a building that now sits empty and idle, is right next to the transit mall and the YMCA.  This would be a PERFECT location for such a valuable program.

Perhaps a fabulously wealthy corporation like Gannett could spare it and allow it to be put to good use.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/causes/2014/09/20/community-cycling-center-salems-future/15896821/

Community cycling center could be in Salem's future

Two programs with a proven track record of training divested residents bike repair skills and providing two-wheel transportation to people in need are joining forces to open a community cycling center.

The folks behind NW HUB and 2nd Chance Bicycle Recycling program hope to open a center as soon as they raise the money or find a donor for a bigger space. 2nd Chance started two years ago at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility to give youth a chance to learn skills and give back.

NW HUB opened last year and offers residents the chance to earn a bike by putting in the hours at the shop to "pay" for it. The makeshift bike shop springs up at Evergreen Church three times a week with volunteers and bike parts spilling out into the courtyard on Cottage Street NE.

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The biggest barrier to opening the center is getting a space big enough to run the shop. NW HUB, housed in the basement of Evergreen Church, is bursting at the seams and 2nd Chance Recycling is confined to Hillcrest. NW HUB is hosting a benefit ride Sept. 27 in hopes of raising money for a space, but Seyfert would also snap up any offers from local organizations with extra space.

"Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay."