Originally Posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox

here's the long and short. Company I work for is gonna go out of business in the not-so-distant future and I wanna be gone and doing something else before that. There's an overabundance of cheap retail space in my area and an underabundance of Bike Shops/Collectives or anything of the sort. I feel like there is room for me to do a bit of business doing repair and some sales of bike consumables while working on my metalworking and brazing skills.

There's a former grocery store front that's been vacant for nearly 10 years. I can get a sweetheart deal on a lease and the space is such that something similar to a Collective could be set up.