Things are really ramping up in Style Shop.  After some technical difficulties, we are back on track.  Here are some more recent pics. (more…)

This January, Workshop Houston is scheduled to begin producing electricity through a 2.6 kw photo-voltaic array right here on our roof!  The solar panels are being donated by Green Mountain Energy, and the installation is being donated by Standard Renewable Energy .

This array will help our organization be more sustainable, reducing our contribution to pollution and global warming while also saving us money on electrical costs! Thanks to everyone at Green Mountain and Standard Renewable.

Here are a few pictures of recent Style Shop projects. Look for more regular updates in the future.

Saturday October 18, 2008 we took a day trip to Austin, Texas with 8 participants.  We had a fun time at the Maker Fair and swimming at Barton Springs.

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Rock and Roll show + Craft fair on Sunday, October 26th at the Caroline Collective.  Proceeds benefit Workshop Houston’s programs. Check it out!

Hurricane Ike affected everyone that lives in Houston and many people in the surrounding areas as well.  We feel lucky that no trees fell onto our buildings, but we did sustain quite a few small damages that piled up into a fairly big job.  We have responded well, immediatly fixing the damaged roofs, broken windows and other odds and ends.  There were three large trees that had fallen across the street that we helped to clear as well.  The whole city, third ward not excluded responded to Ike with neighborly compassion.  When I asked one of the children that frequents the bikeshop what he thought of the storm he replied, “It made people nicer.”  Hopefully the community togetherness we all experienced after this storm will stay with us.

Some pictures from the Scholar Shop’s summer field trips to the NASA and the Museum of Natural Science!

We wrote a new informational pamphlet to tell people a little more about volunteering for the Bike Shop.  You can read it here if you’re interested.