Tinker ☀️<p>Well this is amazing!!!</p><p>We just got our first host that wants to put up a Free Fridge!!!!</p><p>I was going to put in a post of how we have multiple leads out and various irons in the fire, but dang, this one came quick! We've been talking to various folks for the past couple of months and there have been various interest, but nothing has been set in stone yet.</p><p>So, I posted a couple weeks ago how our Free Fridge and Food Rescue group got featured in the local town paper ( <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/114949623055200806" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@tinker/11494</span><span class="invisible">9623055200806</span></a> ) . Turns out various folks read it and were interested, both in the food rescue and in the free fridge aspect.</p><p>We have one free fridge in town hosted by a local community garden, but that is completely run by them. We help keep it clean and we help stock and utilize it, but my group was created to build other free fridges throughout town.</p><p>And sure enough, a local church read the article and came to our monthly meeting. They invited us to go to their church and tour it and see what they were doing.</p><p>They're a small church that is heavy in working with the Food Bank and doing distributions. They recently received a generous donation with the request that the money be used for community service. They're going to source the refrigerator, pantry, and even build out an area to provide cover and a walkway to it.</p><p>The location is great. It's accessible via public transit (such that we have here). It's decently walkable and the city is putting in improvements in the next year. They have a good parking lot and a location that is accessible to the public 24/7.</p><p>So I've put together a little project plan:</p><p>- Go onsite and create rough site plan: Designate location. Measure out area for concrete slab, awning, and potentially walkway<br>- Get estimates for outside electrical outlet installation, concrete slab / walkway construction, and awning construction<br>- Contact appropriate municipality / county to sort out any requirements or approvals<br>- Complete construction<br>- Source and install fridge and pantry <br>- Open to community & advertise new location</p><p>The head of their food missions has already sourced and purchased the refrigerator. So wow. Next step will be to go back onsite and do a rough site plan. Basically measure out the spot and sort out the concrete pad dimensions.</p><p>This is the first time I've done this... so I'll be learning along the way and documenting it for other sites (hopefully) in the future.</p><p>This is amazing. Our first fridge for our group and the second for my region!!!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/freeFridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeFridge</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/foodScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/foodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/postScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/solarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarPunk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mutualAid</span></a></p>