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The Oakland Connection: Long Beach Depot for Creative Reuse

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WackyCapNTrish are planning a trip from San Francisco to Long Beach.  We call it the Finding and Making Things Game (The F.A.M.T.G.) We hope to be taking our adventure in a Fusion Energi because it can go up to 620 miles on a single tank and we don't want to have to stop for gas.  We're going to be busy finding folks who make things... We'll call them Makers... and making things of our own to show.  You can help us to do this by voting for us daily!

We're adding Oakland's East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse to our trip! 
I call it the E.B.D.C.R.  WackyTrish just confirmed with Linda Levitsky, E.B.D.C.R. director, that she's got an awesome Maker for us to interview!

Thanks to Lisa Hernandez of the Long Beach Depot for Creative Reuse (L.B.D.C.R.) for recommending this addition!  Lisa credits the E.B.D.C.R. for the inspiration that brought the L.B.D.C.R. into existence as she would visit the store when she lived there...

The E.B.D.C.R. is much bigger than the L.B.D.C.R. (300 square feet), but I am posting photos of the L.B.D.C.R. so that you can get an idea of some things you could possibly find at the E.B.D.C.R.

I'm so excited! Please Vote!

About the Author
Trish Tsoiasue is a Patch Blogger from Long Beach, CA.  She is planning a trip to the Bay Area, so that she can find people who make things and places that they make things to feature on a Patch blog near her or near you, on her Squigglemom YouTube channel (Subscribe) and on her reality show that she is getting ready to launch with Caprice Rothe (Hands of E.T.)
on new channel WackyCapNTrish. Subscribe now to see our first show when it's ready!

She is figuring out how to increase her internet reach so that she can get folks to like their Facebook page: WackyCapNTrish. Please like us and tell us if you want us to visit you on our trip!

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