Help Snook rebuild NIMBY and Doyle!
In mid-July The Beckwourth Complex Fire devastated the small town of Doyle CA, and took NIMBY with it (just a year after the storied maker space was pushed out of Oakland when their building was sold).
The losses in this massive fire are too many to calculate. NIMBY founder Michael Snook lost five of six buildings on his property along with truckloads of tools and equipment.
This fundraiser is to help Snook rebuild NIMBY and help Doyle be better prepared to deal with wildfires since as they become more common and more intense. Donations will be deposited in NIMBY’s account and a portion will go to Doyle’s General Fund and Volunteer Fire Department, and will pay for fuel and necessities to operate heavy machinery to clear debris from NIMBY and its neighbors.Immediate needs include getting the last remaining building on the land habitable before winter and rebuilding the animal spaces so they can be cared for.
For more about NIMBY visit NIMBYspace.org
LA Times article about Snook and the fire: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-15/burning-man-apostle-moves-to-desert-town-hit-by-beckwourth-fire
For almost twenty years NIMBY has given big ideas a place to come to life, in Oakland and in Doyle, and faced down plenty of challenges before. Let’s make sure it survives this one.
Pic: Anita Chabria, LA Times
