Winter is Coming to Brick House!

Hello! We are the Brick and Mortar Collective and we need your help to raise the necessary funds to turn this duplex on Detroit's Eastside into a community resource. Our goal is for this house to be an affordable space to live, while fostering community outreach and dialogue on social justice issues. Our group was formed in 2014  and collectively we have over a decade of cooperative experience, both in Detroit and through the ICC system in Ann Arbor. Our goal of $15,000 reflects a significant portion of the repair costs and we work every week to push the house towards being a habitable and inviting space. Currently we average six members but once the new house is complete we will have room for almost twice that!


Values

Our goal is not simply to live cheaply in Detroit. Our goal is to be a part of Detroit, as most of us grew up in Michigan.

We value art, education, and experience. Each year our library grows via generous donations and members' contributions. Group discussions on politics are commonplace and we seek to push ourselves and encourage one another to be better people everyday. 


Necessary Repairs



With 7,000 sq feet, the house could one day house twelve people, but before this can happen, we need to build the major systems of the house.

- full electrical installation (Halfway completed!)
- renovation of kitchen
-renovation of 2nd bathroom (one half-bath already complete!)
- heating repairs and system installation
- window damages and weatherization
- aesthetic and insulation repairs to brick walls
-wood floor restoration (largely completed!)


Long Term Goals

Long term we hope to expand the role of the co-operative. Assuming all goes well and the house continues to be a financially stable space, we’d like to explore ways to leverage property ownership to positively support our community. We’ve discussed potentially using the equity in the home to create a community fund and opening the house up to other organizations as needed.

Thanks for considering being a supporter!

Questions


If you are in or near Detroit and are interested in what we’re doing, we’d love to meet you or hear from you!

More pictures and things to read at brickandmortar.che.coop 
or on our Facebook  and Instagram




Appreciation

If you can donate to us, we'd love to give back to you! We're happy to send you one of the following items for your donation. Please let us know if you would like a gift in the comments!

$5 - shout out on social media

$10 - Brick House button

$15 - Brick House digital print

$25 - Letter with personalized update

$50 - Brick House hand carved linoleum relief print by Brick House member Lyz Luidens

$200- Inscribed brick- either shipped to you or added to our garden path!

$300 - Dinner at Brick House

$1500- Oil painting of Brick House, by Brick House Member Ian Matchett!