Category: Blog – news

  • New Board Members

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    Welcoming New Leadership and Board Members As the Tool Library continues to grow, we’re grateful for the volunteers who help guide our work behind the scenes. This month, we’re excited to share a few updates to our Board of Directors. First, we want to offer our sincere thanks to Taylor Frome, who has served as…

  • Spotlight on the Heart of the Tool Library: Our Amazing Volunteers

    Spotlight on the Heart of the Tool Library: Our Amazing Volunteers

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    At the core of every successful community organization are the people who give their time, energy, and passion to keep things running. At Cville Tool Library, that’s our volunteers. From the moment the doors open to the final tool check-in of the day, these dedicated individuals make everything possible. Our volunteers do much more than…

  • What’s New on the Shelves: Recently Added Tools

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    We’re always growing our collection to meet the needs of our members—and lately, we’ve added some seriously handy tools to the lineup! Whether you’re tackling a home repair, diving into a creative project, or just curious about what’s available, here’s a quick look at the latest tools you can now borrow from the Cville Tool…

  • Fall Projects Made Easy with Borrowed Tools

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    As the air turns crisp and the leaves begin to fall, it’s the perfect time to tackle those seasonal home and garden projects—and the Cville Tool Library has everything you need to get the job done without the cost of buying new tools. This time of year, we see a big uptick in borrowed leaf…

  • Pick it UP, Cville!

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    We’re delighted to share the news that Cville Tool Library received one of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s Green Grants in 2024. This grant allowed us to purchase litter pick-up equipment that can be loaned to ANY community group that would like to beautify their community! We bough long reach grabbers, brightly-colored safety vests, work gloves, trash…

  • Planning Ahead

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    When the organizers first envisioned what the Cville Tool Library might look like and what it could offer the community, we had LOTS of ideas. But they all hinged on one thing: opening!

  • Starting with Donated Tools

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    Before the Cville Tool Library opened our doors in March 2022, we held tool donation drives. We heard from many of our neighbors and friends that they had tools of all kinds, languishing in basements and garages. These donations became the foundation of our new tool lending inventory.

  • How to start a tool library – Charlottesville edition

    How to start a tool library – Charlottesville edition

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    Our roadmap has been: Find people who share your vision — and start.  That’s pretty much what has happened to get the Cville Tool Library up and running. What started out as an email thread in the early days of the pandemic quickly progressed to multiple brainstorming meetings, and along the way several new folks…