Start a tool-lending list
A paper list of who on the street will lend a ladder, a tiller or a pressure washer.
- Who
- Adults
- Time
- Ongoing
- Cost
- Free
- When
- Any time of year
- Show up
- Door to door.
How to do it
- Ask neighbors in person what they'd lend.
- Keep it on paper; share copies only with the people on it.
- Return things clean and on time.
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