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Free Shack’s future remains uncertain as planned closure nears

A Grapevine contributor said the Denman reuse shed was due to close Sept. 30, with donations to be removed, and urged users to find a new location.

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The Free Shack, a reuse shed on Denman, was scheduled to close Sept. 30, with donations to be removed, according to a community notice by Shane Nelson in The Islands Grapevine.^[1]

Nelson wrote that the Shack had offered islanders a place to share and reuse goods after the Free Store at the Old School closed during COVID. He said he hoped users would find a new location and structure, and that he wanted to hand the project on.^[1]

Nelson described the existing space as too small for the goods it received and said larger items were damaged by rain. He suggested a future site could include covered space, backup storage and off-street parking.^[1]

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