Rhizome Collective Under Threat of Eviction

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Austin, Texas – March 11, 2009 - The Rhizome Collective is a consensus-run 501c3 nonprofit organization that has operated a center for community organizing and urban sustainability in an East Austin warehouse since 2000. This warehouse was inspected on March 3rd by officials from the Building and Standards Commission of the City of Austin. On Thursday, March 5th The Code Enforcement Division of The City of Austin delivered a letter outlining a list of code violations to the Collective. The City mandated that the residents and organizations based in the warehouse must vacate before March 16th. The Collective is looking into all options, but is preparing to vacate the warehouse by the deadline. Before this inspection, the Collective was in negotiations to buy the warehouse from its current owner.

The Rhizome Collective is making every effort to work with the City on this matter. Contractors are currently completing an estimate of the cost required to bring the building into compliance with city building codes. Based on conversations with contractors, the Collective does not believe it will be possible to get an estimate, obtain permits and complete the work by the City’s deadline. Collective members attended the City Council meeting to ask for assistance on March 12.

The Rhizome Collective including Inside Books, Bikes Across Borders and Food Not Bombs is making an international call to supporters. The Collective is seeking monetary donations, in-kind donations, funding sources and statements of solidarity. Donate through the link below.

The Collective is an internationally recognized model for intentional communities that comprise a massive movement focused on justice and autonomous sustainability.

Susannah Cummins of the Inside Books Project explains that, "Rhizome has been the central organizing point for so many different organizations over the years. It...

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[FluxRostrum]

favorite this.

It's in the top 100 for News & Politics today.

[Prophetess7]

My donation is on it way....

[Irtidad]

Austin is "progressive" in the sense that there are a lot of pretentious upper-middle-class white folks who shop at Whole Foods.

[Mr6shotns240s]

Get yourself agun. It's all they understand.

[imhotep1]

I am sorry to hear about this, but I want you to know there are egos in every job field including nonprofits. Some of these local grassroots places are very disorganized but they have many dedicated people. Keep Austin Beautiful has a list of activities that you can get involved in. I am sorry for your experience in Rhizome.

[richked]

The Rhizome Collective does a lot of good - both in so-called charity work and education. If you've never been to RUST, you don't know what you're missing! We need folks working like they do as everything starts to fall apart (i.e. peak oil, droughts, food security issues, population shifts, etc.). Like a floating island of rhizomatous plant structures, I believe that they will find their place again :)

[Giovannisenzaterra]

che canzone e' quella all'inizio?

e' carina

[benjamaiLL]

Illegalizing free association and cooperation. Wow. This is America.

[Martintfre]

gosh - aint it wonderful that you have no property rights.

If you actually had property rights then no bureaucrat could force you to pay them because your existence displeases them.

Enjoy the thugocracy comrade.

[DonkeyJustice]

Troll.

[DonkeyJustice]

you're obviously retarded.

[LastCynicStanding]

Hrm...

It's a bad day when Austin starts to crack down on it's hippie population. People move to Austin to learn how to be hippier. Without them, it's just another traffic jam.

Get in line America! The man gives you no choice!

[ThePassersby]

18,000 books to prisoners. WOW, what a waste of books and time. The prisoners must be happy though, just another place they can hide their shanks.