Projects of the Hub community space (projects also fiscally sponsored unless otherwise indicated)
-The Bike Church ---The Bike Church is a community bicycle shop and tool collective where people can learn to repair their bicycles with the help of knowledgeable mechanics. We offer sliding scale services and affordable used and new parts. As a collectively run organization, we are committed to honoring the contribution of individuals while recognizing the importance of collaboration. Contact: thebikechurch@gmail.com // http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org // more info at https://www.facebook.com/The-Bike-Church-190199353899/ and https://www.instagram.com/thebikechurch/
-The Fábrica: Community Textile Arts & Salvage Workshop --- The Fábrica is community workspace where folks can come to learn and share knowledge about textiles arts. This includes Sewing, Knitting, Quilting, Embroidery, Crochet, and Bookbinding, among other arts. The workshop is operated by volunteers and funded by donations from participants. We have sewing machines as well as generous amounts of fabric, zippers, notions, and the other tools and supplies one needs for most sewing and yarn-based projects. from https://thefabrica.org // https://www.facebook.com/thefabrica/ and https://www.instagram.com/fabrica.textile.workshop/
-PedX --- PedX Santa Cruz is a worker-owned, worker self-managed cooperative providing prompt, expeditious, reliable and friendly delivery and messenger services to the Santa Cruz County region through the exclusive use of non-motorized transportation to provide its members with a sustainable livelihood and workplace control and to serve as an ethical business model. from http://pedxsc.com/ // more info at https://www.facebook.com/pedxsc/ // Note: not fiscally sponsored by the Hub
-Sanctuary Santa Cruz ---Sanctuary/Santuario Santa Cruz is collection of projects all aimed at making Santa Cruz a welcoming place for all of its residents. We are ONE community, and we have to stand in solidarity with each other. Sanctuary/Santuario Santa Cruz es un conjunto de proyectos con la meta de hacer a Santa Cruz un lugar de bienvenida para todos los residentes. Somos UNA comunidad, y debemos solidarizarnos el uno al otro. from https://www.facebook.com/sanctuarysantacruz/ And Sanctuary Santa Cruz is part of an international movement in support of immigrants. sanctuary.sc.contact@gmail.com
-SubRosa: a community space --- SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space, a place to meet others and challenge our assumptions and act on our passions. We strive to create a vibrant environment for events, classes, meetings, organizing, performance, art, studying and more. SubRosa also offers radical literature for sale, and houses the Anarchist Lending Library. We welcome folks to join us in fostering an environment free from coercion, sexism, homophobia, racism, and other hierarchies. SubRosa is in downtown Santa Cruz, CA which is unceded land of the Awaswas-speaking Ohlone people. // http://www.subrosaproject.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/subrosaproject and https://www.instagram.com/subrosa_sc/
-The Bike Church ---The Bike Church is a community bicycle shop and tool collective where people can learn to repair their bicycles with the help of knowledgeable mechanics. We offer sliding scale services and affordable used and new parts. As a collectively run organization, we are committed to honoring the contribution of individuals while recognizing the importance of collaboration. Contact: thebikechurch@gmail.com // http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org // more info at https://www.facebook.com/The-Bike-Church-190199353899/ and https://www.instagram.com/thebikechurch/
-The Fábrica: Community Textile Arts & Salvage Workshop --- The Fábrica is community workspace where folks can come to learn and share knowledge about textiles arts. This includes Sewing, Knitting, Quilting, Embroidery, Crochet, and Bookbinding, among other arts. The workshop is operated by volunteers and funded by donations from participants. We have sewing machines as well as generous amounts of fabric, zippers, notions, and the other tools and supplies one needs for most sewing and yarn-based projects. from https://thefabrica.org // https://www.facebook.com/thefabrica/ and https://www.instagram.com/fabrica.textile.workshop/
-PedX --- PedX Santa Cruz is a worker-owned, worker self-managed cooperative providing prompt, expeditious, reliable and friendly delivery and messenger services to the Santa Cruz County region through the exclusive use of non-motorized transportation to provide its members with a sustainable livelihood and workplace control and to serve as an ethical business model. from http://pedxsc.com/ // more info at https://www.facebook.com/pedxsc/ // Note: not fiscally sponsored by the Hub
-Sanctuary Santa Cruz ---Sanctuary/Santuario Santa Cruz is collection of projects all aimed at making Santa Cruz a welcoming place for all of its residents. We are ONE community, and we have to stand in solidarity with each other. Sanctuary/Santuario Santa Cruz es un conjunto de proyectos con la meta de hacer a Santa Cruz un lugar de bienvenida para todos los residentes. Somos UNA comunidad, y debemos solidarizarnos el uno al otro. from https://www.facebook.com/sanctuarysantacruz/ And Sanctuary Santa Cruz is part of an international movement in support of immigrants. sanctuary.sc.contact@gmail.com
-SubRosa: a community space --- SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space, a place to meet others and challenge our assumptions and act on our passions. We strive to create a vibrant environment for events, classes, meetings, organizing, performance, art, studying and more. SubRosa also offers radical literature for sale, and houses the Anarchist Lending Library. We welcome folks to join us in fostering an environment free from coercion, sexism, homophobia, racism, and other hierarchies. SubRosa is in downtown Santa Cruz, CA which is unceded land of the Awaswas-speaking Ohlone people. // http://www.subrosaproject.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/subrosaproject and https://www.instagram.com/subrosa_sc/
The Hub's nonprofit also sponsors (not housed at community center)
-California Field School --- The California Field School takes young people on bike tours and backpacking trips through places that have been pivotal in California history. By connecting with California’s diverse communities and landscapes, and exploring social and environmental justice issues past and present, participants will gain an unparalleled understanding of their place within the story of California - and the leadership skills and confidence to write the next chapter of that story on their own. https://www.californiafieldschool.org
-Coastal Rail Santa Cruz --- Coastal Rail Santa Cruz advocates for continued development of a rich, mixed use rail trail along the Santa Cruz Branch Line. Providing for pedestrians, bicycles, and passenger rail, our vision is consistent with the master plan for the Monterey Bay Scenic Sanctuary Trail. Healthy communities support walking, biking, and public transit. Rail service extends the bike trip or walk, and reduces the need for cars. http://www.coastalrail.org and https://www.facebook.com/CoastalRail/
-Indexical --- Indexical is dedicated to experimentation in music. Indexical engages the public in radical and unfamiliar work through performance, publication, documentation, educational initiatives, and discussion. We work with historically, culturally, and institutionally underrepresented artists and build community through long-term collaborative projects. https://indexical.org and https://www.facebook.com/indexical/
-The Santa Cruz Climate Action Network --- We are a diverse group of local people who are highly concerned about current and future climate change. Santa Cruz Climate Action Network (SCCAN) seeks to address the current Climate Change Emergency, recognizing that failure to act quickly will have devastating effects on future generations of humans and other life forms. more info at https://scruzclimate.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/SantaCruzClimateActionNetwork/
-The Santa Cruz Community Orchard --- This volunteer initiative develops public fruit orchards in Santa Cruz, spreading the skills of sustainable urban agriculture and land stewardship, while providing free access to ripe and nutritious produce. These highly participatory cultivated spaces invite people to reconnect to their food, nourish healthy bodies and healthy dialog, and engage in our local economy of soil, sun, surf, fog, and future-forward ideas. http://santacruzorchard.org and https://www.facebook.com/SantaCruzFoodForest/
-The Santa Cruz Fruit Tree Project --- We organize community fruit harvests as well as processing events like pressing cider, curing olives, and making jam and wine. Our goal is to explore our community and create connections – cultivating relationships within neighborhoods as we enjoy the abundance around us and help move Santa Cruz towards a sustainable future. https://fruitcruz.org and https://www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Fruit-Tree-Project-164684610234517/
-Tenant Sanctuary --- Tenant Sanctuary is a Santa Cruz legal-aid organization by tenants for tenants. Volunteers work with an attorney to counsel tenants. We serve all city residents, regardless of immigration status. https://www.facebook.com/tenantsanctuary/
Hub Brief History (and more to come): The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living used to be known as the Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Transportation (name change happened in 2017), and the Hub became a non-profit entity in 2000. Previously to being at 703 Pacific Avenue the Hub was located on Walnut Avenue and moved in 2006 (after 7 years there, and People Power, PedX and the Bike Church were previously on North Pacific before that).
More info from 2005 from just before the Hub moved to it's current location http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/18844/index.php
-Coastal Rail Santa Cruz --- Coastal Rail Santa Cruz advocates for continued development of a rich, mixed use rail trail along the Santa Cruz Branch Line. Providing for pedestrians, bicycles, and passenger rail, our vision is consistent with the master plan for the Monterey Bay Scenic Sanctuary Trail. Healthy communities support walking, biking, and public transit. Rail service extends the bike trip or walk, and reduces the need for cars. http://www.coastalrail.org and https://www.facebook.com/CoastalRail/
-Indexical --- Indexical is dedicated to experimentation in music. Indexical engages the public in radical and unfamiliar work through performance, publication, documentation, educational initiatives, and discussion. We work with historically, culturally, and institutionally underrepresented artists and build community through long-term collaborative projects. https://indexical.org and https://www.facebook.com/indexical/
-The Santa Cruz Climate Action Network --- We are a diverse group of local people who are highly concerned about current and future climate change. Santa Cruz Climate Action Network (SCCAN) seeks to address the current Climate Change Emergency, recognizing that failure to act quickly will have devastating effects on future generations of humans and other life forms. more info at https://scruzclimate.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/SantaCruzClimateActionNetwork/
-The Santa Cruz Community Orchard --- This volunteer initiative develops public fruit orchards in Santa Cruz, spreading the skills of sustainable urban agriculture and land stewardship, while providing free access to ripe and nutritious produce. These highly participatory cultivated spaces invite people to reconnect to their food, nourish healthy bodies and healthy dialog, and engage in our local economy of soil, sun, surf, fog, and future-forward ideas. http://santacruzorchard.org and https://www.facebook.com/SantaCruzFoodForest/
-The Santa Cruz Fruit Tree Project --- We organize community fruit harvests as well as processing events like pressing cider, curing olives, and making jam and wine. Our goal is to explore our community and create connections – cultivating relationships within neighborhoods as we enjoy the abundance around us and help move Santa Cruz towards a sustainable future. https://fruitcruz.org and https://www.facebook.com/Santa-Cruz-Fruit-Tree-Project-164684610234517/
-Tenant Sanctuary --- Tenant Sanctuary is a Santa Cruz legal-aid organization by tenants for tenants. Volunteers work with an attorney to counsel tenants. We serve all city residents, regardless of immigration status. https://www.facebook.com/tenantsanctuary/
Hub Brief History (and more to come): The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living used to be known as the Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Transportation (name change happened in 2017), and the Hub became a non-profit entity in 2000. Previously to being at 703 Pacific Avenue the Hub was located on Walnut Avenue and moved in 2006 (after 7 years there, and People Power, PedX and the Bike Church were previously on North Pacific before that).
More info from 2005 from just before the Hub moved to it's current location http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/18844/index.php
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