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 kits that can be loaned to ANY community group that would like to beautify their community! The kits include long reach grabbers, brightly-colored safety vests, work gloves,… Continue reading Pick it UP, Cville!
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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!
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
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… Continue reading How to start a tool library – Charlottesville edition