A note on the wood — wouldn't this be changing with nature reclaiming various parts of the cities? Obviously not full trees, but for carving etc. I also figured Rey's ability would be a way to help the Displaced who have woodworking familiarity get access back to it. If this is not possible, she'd probably fill that space with a mechanic garage to flesh out the machining and metalworking areas instead.
Rey has ... probably a stupid amount of money saved up. She's been working as a Riverstone engineer for a long while now and doesn't really do hobbies, plus she lived in a straight up hovel most of that time and with multiple rotating roommates. I'm also thinking in setting up a space in New Beijing, she'd be able to seek out formal investors through Riverstone and other companies their engineering department deals with for small grants and donations for a community space in the interest of rebuilding. This is often done through donating old/out of use machinery that's going to auction as much as in cutting checks. This is also in line with the fact that it's a nonprofit, not a business.
which answers the last question: she'll be putting it in New Beijing rather than New Amsterdam in hopes of helping the Displaced spread out beyond that one little city that always seems to therefore get excessively targeted for badness on account of their presence. She'll probably have to use a rental space, but I'm interested in the idea of her salvaging something historic for it so that the preservation and upkeep of the historic space can be part of their rent.
(I'm basing this off of a real nonprofit hackerspace/makerspace that I'm involved with, for the record, including how their financials work.)
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Rey has ... probably a stupid amount of money saved up. She's been working as a Riverstone engineer for a long while now and doesn't really do hobbies, plus she lived in a straight up hovel most of that time and with multiple rotating roommates. I'm also thinking in setting up a space in New Beijing, she'd be able to seek out formal investors through Riverstone and other companies their engineering department deals with for small grants and donations for a community space in the interest of rebuilding. This is often done through donating old/out of use machinery that's going to auction as much as in cutting checks. This is also in line with the fact that it's a nonprofit, not a business.
which answers the last question: she'll be putting it in New Beijing rather than New Amsterdam in hopes of helping the Displaced spread out beyond that one little city that always seems to therefore get excessively targeted for badness on account of their presence. She'll probably have to use a rental space, but I'm interested in the idea of her salvaging something historic for it so that the preservation and upkeep of the historic space can be part of their rent.
(I'm basing this off of a real nonprofit hackerspace/makerspace that I'm involved with, for the record, including how their financials work.)