Repair Cafe Palo Alto
The Repair Cafe Palo Alto, Inc. is a non-profit organization located in Palo Alto, CA. It was founded by Peter Skinner, Bob Wenzlau, John Eaton, Libby Dame and Marie Earl. You can reach us through our Contact page.
News about the Repair Cafe Palo Alto
San Jose Mercury - February 22, 2013
"A movement -- heroic and subversive -- is emerging in corners of the Bay Area: rescuing household appliances that were designed to die..."
Here is a link to a video posted on the East Bay Fixit Clinic's Facebook page showing visitors streaming into the Repair Cafe Palo Alto on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Holy Cow! 300 bezoekers Repair Cafe Palo Alto - Dutch news coverage of our February event.
Palo Alto Weekly - October 11, 2012
CBS Radio interview - audio below:
News about the world-wide Repair Cafe movement
Partners and Sponsors
The generous support by local business and resources have enabled us to host our opening Repair Cafe Palo Alto event. We are deeply indebted to two organizations in particular:
The Museum of American Heritage
MOAH has provide us the perfect venue for hosting a Repair Cafe. MOAH staff and board members have been instrumental in helping us launch this community event.
Hasset Hardware (formerly Palo Alto Ace Hardware)
Palo Alto Ace Hardware is the perfect partner for the Repair Cafe. The store offered enthusiastic staff and supplies for both the planning and execution of our successful kick-off event.
Transition Palo Alto
Transition Palo Alto is part of a world-wide grassroots movement to build local resilience and connections close to home. Since 2010, we’ve been mounting creative and thoughtful responses to the challenges of resource depletion, climate change, and economic instability.