BREAD local currency P. O. Box 3973 • Berkeley,CA 94703 visit: 1920 MLK Jr.WAY,Berkeley BREAD rising (510) 644-0376 LOCAL CURRENCY FOR THE BAY AREA

volume 5 / issue 3 www.breadhours.org In this issue Homegrown economics winter 2001-2002 How Boulder Businesses Are Staying Ahead of the Chains How BREAD Works ...... 2 Article by Stacy Mitchell, reprinted with her pharmacies have closed. The relationships that are essential to a BREAD & Barter...... 3 permission. BREAD congratulates Boulder market share of independent book- strong community. BREAD’s Vision ...... 4 for this innovative project — a program that stores has fallen from 58 percent in we’d like to foster in our town. Bolduc discussed the idea of an Classified Table of Contents ...... 5 1972 to just 15 percent today. Two alliance with other local merchants. Classified Listings ...... 5–16 If you visit Boulder, Colorado, you chains, Barnes & Noble and They recognized that they all faced can’t miss it. It’s displayed on the Borders, now control nearly one- Member Poll ...... 17 common challenges and that their door or window of nearly every quarter of all book sales. Local BREAD Calendar...... 20 prosperity depended in part on one locally owned business in town. hardware dealers are disappearing another’s survival. Home Depot’s Membership Form ...... 20 Stop for coffee at a local cafe and too; Home Depot and Lowe’s have arrival not only affects the local it’ll be on the side of your cup. At captured one-third of that market. hardware store, but the many local the Boulder Book Store you’ll find Five firms account for one-third of ooo businesses that the hardware store it on the complimentary book- all grocery sales. Blockbuster Video supports, like banks, printers, and marks. Open up the Boulder rents one out of every three videos winter crafts fair accountants. Chains centralize Weekly and you’ll see it in an nationwide. A single corporation, these functions at their head offices advertisement for local video and Wal-Mart, now controls seven Shop for holiday gifts as the Farmer’s Market and keep local spending to a music stores. percent of all consumer spending. Holiday Crafts Fair. Support local artisans minimum. Then in 1997 Bolduc and buy meaningful presents. This year, This widely visible symbol — two Local businesses are owned by met Jeff Milchen, a community BREAD members are invited to sell their arrows circling into each other, people who live in the community activist and founder of handmade arts and crafts. Call for details. much like the mark on a recyclable and are invested in its future. Their ReclaimDemocracy.org, a national container — is the logo for the kids attend local schools. Their tax organization that promotes grass- Farmer’s Market Holiday Craft Fair Saturdays, December 8, 15, and 22 Boulder Independent Business dollars pay for local services. They roots democracy and works to 10 - 4 pm at the MLK Civic Park Alliance (BIBA), a pioneering are often actively involved in civic restore democratic authority over coalition of over 150 locally owned and cultural organizations. David corporations. ooo businesses determined to defend Bolduc, owner of the 28-year-old The idea of forming an independent the city’s homegrown economy Boulder Book Store, first had the business alliance was a natural from takeover by national and glob- idea for a business alliance because BREAD BANK extension of Milchen’s work. al chains. Much like everything he believes that by doing business “Political and economic democracy BIBA does, the logo conveys an with our neighbors we build a web Come and visit the BREAD office in Berkeley: are intricately related,” he argues. 1920 Martin Luther King Jr. Way important lesson in community of personal and economic economics: locally owned business- Continued on page 18 Call for hours 510-644-0376. es recycle a higher percentage of their revenue and profits back into ooo the local economy when compared to their chain competitors. bread on the web Founded in 1998, BIBA’s primary Visit our website for the most current directory. mission is to make the choice “local To exchange messages with other BREAD or chain?” a significant considera- members send email to [email protected] write tion for residents in their spending “subscribe bread” in the body of the message. decisions. Recent national trends www.breadhours.org provide a sobering picture of what email: [email protected] BIBA is up against. Since 1990 ◆ ◆ ISSN 1522-4503 more than 11,000 independent classified directory inside how bread works BREAD Mail: P.O. Box 3973, Berkeley, CA 94703 BREAD is local currency for the Classified Listings Community Meetings Visit: 1920 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley 510-644-0376, [email protected] Bay Area. It is valued at $12 per To get started, just call someone BREAD is dedicated to community www.breadhours.org Hour, a fair hourly wage for our in this directory that you would accountability. As a member, you area, and is not redeemable for BREAD is a member-directed, volunteer like to hire. This journal contains are invited to attend community federal currency. It comes in organization. BREAD is a project of the classified listings of goods and meetings. Council Meetings are held International Society for Ecology and Culture, a denominations of 2 Hours ($24), services available in exchange for to provide guidance to the organiza- nonprofit organization. Tax-deductible donations 1 Hour ($12), 1/ Hour ($6), 1/ 2 4 BREAD HOURS — keep it next to tion in setting its policies. For can be paid to the order of ISEC. 1 Hour ($3), and /12 Hour ($1). your phone book. BREAD reserves instance, members will make BREAD Collective Staff It is lawful for our community to the right to edit and omit listings. decisions about the distribution of Jovida Ross print its own currency. Local By joining, you agree to have your BREAD HOURS as grants and Dina Mackin currency may be considered taxable contact information (name, phone, loans. David Melly income for some business trades. e-mail) published. Release of this Other community meetings are Miyoko Sakashita Participants are individually information is at your own risk. organized as social events, such as Jim Burr responsible for their own tax BREAD cannot be held responsible potlucks, craft fairs, or talent liabilities and reporting. BREAD BREAD Volunteers for the quality of services or goods shows. Check out the Calendar has no obligation or ability to report Natasha Ravnik provided by advertisers. Member- (back page) and join us — these exchanges or to collect any taxes. It Nishi Moonka ship of any individual will be dis- meetings are intended for building is illegal to counterfeit BREAD. Michael Manoocherhi continued if evidence suggests that connections with neighbors. Laurie Winestock Members they are using their membership Grants and Loans Chris Burbridge for illegal, fraudulent, or harass- To become a member of BREAD, Frances McIntosh ment activities. We make BREAD grants to local send in the form on the back page. organizations. By printing local Cliff Hirsch When you join, you will receive a Exchanges money, we are able to show appre- Marcy Greenhut few BREAD HOURS to start trad- It’s easy to call someone and arrange ciation to projects that are benefi- BREAD Advisory Committee ing. Then you can earn and spend a trade. Each exchange is negotiated cial to the community. BREAD Jerry Mander, International Forum BREAD HOURS in exchange for all between members. If you desire, loans are also available to local on Globalization sorts of goods and/or services. you may make exchanges in partial businesses. Please call for grant or Helena Norberg-Hodge, International Please offer skills, services, or goods BREAD Hours and federal currency. loan guidelines. Society for Ecology and Culture that you enjoy trading. Make sure Because traders may have high Patrick Archie, Urban Agriculture Specialist you keep your phone number and Damaged Notes & Change overhead costs or assistants to pay, Timothy Huet, Center for Democratic listings updated; you may earn an Solutions some may charge more than one Damaged notes will be replaced — additional Hour by updating your Weyland Southon, KPFA Radio Producer Hour per hour. Feel free to ask for just bring or mail them to the listing every six months. Renew credentials or references before BREAD office. If you need change, your membership each year. ooo arranging an exchange. bring us your HOURS and let us To have the BREAD Rising news- know what denominations you Please provide quality services and/ letter mailed to your home, there is would like. or goods. Be honest if a trade is Advertising an annual subscription fee of Volunteers & Information inconvenient or beyond your abili- BREAD Rising has great advertising rates and $15–$100 (sliding scale), BREAD ties. Let us know about any excep- BREAD is a volunteer-run organi- wide circulation. As a periodical, people will accepted. You can usually pick up tional or unsatisfactory exchanges. zation. We could use your help to browse this publication for several months. Pay additional newsletters at our office for ads with dollars or HOURS. make BREAD rise. Can you spare a and shops that accept BREAD. You are in control. No one is Storefront businesses accepting BREAD receive obliged to accept any invitation to few hours to make phone calls, Trading Area work on the newsletter, have a ben- their first business-card size ad free (or a 50% exchange or engage in any transac- discount on a larger ad). BREAD local currency serves the tions with other members. Children efit party, staff an information Call for rates and more information. residents, businesses, and organiza- should consult with their guardian table, or plan events? tions of the San Francisco Bay Area. before participating in exchanges. For more information, please call If you want to join, you must BREAD is interest-free. No interest (510)644-0376 or email ooo expect to live in the Bay Area for at shall be charged or given at any- [email protected] least one year. time when using BREAD. BREAD Rising welcomes your illustrations, letters, ideas, and stories.

2 B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT BREAD & BARTER by Jovida Ross BREAD dough is rising throughout sauce. The volunteers loved Sylvia’s difficult work on environmental delivered into villages in Burma this our community! We love hearing pasta, and Sylvia said it was fun to impact reports regarding a planned winter. BHM reported that this was stories of the connections BREAD get the call! prison in Delano, Kern County CA. the single most financially success- traders make with one another so With the help of this report, Critical ful event they’ve had since the Chris had been saving BREAD that we can share them with you Resistance was able to successfully group’s inception. They expressed HOURS and this fall was able to buy here. Send a message to block the construction of the gratitude to the Organic Café, who a fine hand-built Melly guitar [email protected] or use the planned $335 million, 5,160 bed accepted full payment in BREAD entirely with BREAD. In turn, form on our website at www.bread- maximum-security prison! HOURS for catering the event! A Melly hired Alex of Praxis to con- hours.org. few grant HOURS also went to sult and implement drainage work The most recent BREAD grant was Diana for providing activities for This summer Sylvia enjoyed mak- for his home along with some inten- awarded to the Berkeley-based children at the event, and to Diane, ing homemade vegan pasta for vol- sive yard work. Burma Humanitarian Mission to a photographer who accepted unteers helping Chris at Wildheart support their fundraiser last Kevin Bundy earned several BREAD HOURS in exchange for the Gardens. They used tomatoes and October. The event raised $6000 for BREAD HOURS from the organiza- costs of film and printing. o basil from his nursery to make the medical supplies, which will be tion Critical Resistance for some BREAD CRAFTS community With Farmer’s Market Holiday Craft Fair The bustling downtown Berkeley Farmer’s Market is a great place to buy your holiday gifts. Artisans from Crafting Community around the Bay Area bring their arts and crafts on the second, third and fourth Saturdays of December, complemented by live music to celebrate the occasion.

This year the Ecology Center has HOLIDAY CRAFTS FAIR partnered with BREAD to invite BREAD members to sell their work Saturdays  AM -  PM at the Fair, which will prove to be the December , ,  ,  biggest BREAD bizarre ever! Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park To buy locally handmade gifts for Adjacent to the Berkeley Farmer’s Market. your friends and family with local currency is an especially meaningful way to do this year’s holiday shopping.

If you are interested in selling your handmade arts or crafts, call Dina in the BREAD office at 644-0376. This ow can you give meaningful gifts without contributing to the consumer craze? is a great opportunity to share your HWe have some holiday ideas that will benefit the entire community: talents with the community. . Buy handmade arts and crafts from local artisans at the Holiday Craft Fair. The Winter Crafts Fair is from 10-4 . Make gifts from recycled materials. Visit the East Bay Depot for Creative Re-use, it pm on Saturdays, December 8th, may trigger lots of great ideas. 15th, and 22nd at Martin Luther . Give BREAD HOURS this year, visit the office to purchase HOURS and pick up King Civic Park, in downtown a directory. Berkeley next to the Farmer’s . Browse this directory for creative gifts you can purchase with HOURS: good meals, Market. o language lessons, dance classes, and more. Illustration by Natasha Ravnik

B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT 3 BREAD’s Vision by Dina Mackin In the past few months, we have treated with respect to the amount have some ideas, and we welcome Association (see article on page 1). seen an international crisis unfold. of dollars they control. Within a more. What inspires you to We are already working with the We continue to mourn the events of debt economy, very few people have participate? What do you see as Ecology Center to include BREAD September 11th and the control. The United States exists on success for BREAD? What would in their Holiday Craft Fair on subsequent violence in response to credit and is burdened with you like to see BREAD do? December 8, 15, and 22. We’re that tragedy. At the same time, our significant interest rates. Thus excited to get started on other A clearly articulated vision will community shares a growing sense Americans collectively owe far projects! serve to guide our choices in of insecurity about our economy, more than we have, so we are creating programs. The organizing As a democratic, community- civil liberties, and relations with always dependent on constant collective is considering several controlled organization, BREAD other countries. growth to pay back yesterday’s programs to support our vision. relies on members for input and debts. This scramble to stay ahead Times of crisis often highlight ques- These include monthly potlucks; energy. This ranges from giving us pits us against one another for lim- tions about how our society works. partnering with other organizations information about your exchanges, ited resources and guarantees the It seems that economic forces have to produce events; building an to letting us know what inspires exploitation of our natural environ- played a role in the current events, education program that will explore you, to participating in organizing ment for increased profit. which raises economic questions. tools for economic empowerment BREAD projects. There are many Will economic progress save the In contrast, BREAD operates on a in the context of the global ways to get involved in making planet or destroy it? What kind of small-scale and wealth is created, economy; and a campaign to BREAD rise: call our office for economic system do we need in not depleted, by community organize local businesses similar to details! o order to protect communities, the activity. It’s a world away from the Boulder Independent Business ecosystem, and support all people dollars. We know that a key instead of marginalizing millions? element of BREAD is our role in And a question particularly relevant fostering community connections. to BREAD members: what can we When we use a local currency we do about it? connect with our neighbors, working together to meet our own The BREAD organizing collective needs. Another key element is the — members who volunteer to do recognition that our natural the work that creates BREAD environment is an important dough — has recently been element of our local community. reflecting on our vision for BREAD The health of our environment and it’s role in our community. We affects us all. believe that community-based economics will play a key role in The collective is considering all of our community’s health and these things as we ask ourselves: vitality. This vision has guided the how do we define success for development of BREAD for over BREAD? With this question, more four years. Now we are working to questions popped up. What would articulate just what that means to a sustainable economic system look us. like? Is it simply a matter of using local currency? One thing is clear: our modern economic system does not support BREAD is a community response to community networks. It replaces a destructive economic system. We human connections with shopping would like to engage our malls and parking lots, fast food community in actively creating a restaurants, and mass sustainable, humane economy. The entertainment. In this system, BREAD collective is working to money is power. People are often define what that means to us. We Illustration by Hershell West

4 B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT BREAD rising classified listings Goods & Services • Indicates new listings. Accounting & Bookkeeping Ecological Management Advising for Financial Management Households & Businesses Laurel classified Listings Bookkeeping & Training in Bookkeeping San Francisco Wilson Riles 530-2448 Systems Fred Cook 415-861-1711 by order of appearance Alameda Office & Equipment Tina Silverstein 521 Event Organizing South Berkeley No. Oakland Dean Tuckerman 845-5003 Goods & Services Budgeting Consultant Rose Braz 595-3638 Offered and Requested Piedmont Office Help Sacha Luria 533 Event Organizing Berkeley Accounting & Bookkeeping North Oakland Robert Berend 527-5332 Economic Analysis Wayne L. 272-9530 Administrative & Business Services Rockridge Organizing Papers Robert Van Buskirk 596 Event Organizing, Promotion No. Berkeley Architecture & Planning No. Oakland Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 Arts & Crafts requests Karen Hester 654-6346 Typing & Filing Bike & Auto Services Event Planning Berkeley Care Giving Accounting Temescal Robert Berend 527-5332 NW Berkeley Dani Eurynome 601-0537 Carpentry & House Maintenance Fermentations 540-5185 Event Planning Childcare Accounting Laurel District Architecture & Planning Computer Services Laurel District Jovida Ross 530-7659 Jovida Ross 530-7659 Architectural Design Consulting Financial Planning Berkeley Marina Accounting Counseling Berkeley Paul Canin 548-8802 www.rosestreetmusic.com Robert Berend 527-5332 Desktop Publishing & Graphic Design Rose St. House of Music 594-4000x687 City Planning: Community Economic Office Systems Organization Development Planning Editing & Writing • Accounting Alameda Fruitvale Food & Food Services Lake Merritt Tina Silverstein 521-2255 Jennifer K. 535-1011 Rev. Samsarah Becknell D.D. 496-3491 Fundraising Office Work • Green Residential Design Accounting, Bookkeeping, Admin. Gardening & Yard Work Hayward Fruitvale Assistance Minerva Amistoso 727-0461 Edward Nold 531-1184 Goods for Sale No. Oakland Naomi Rose 923-1363 Organizational Development Natural Building Consulting Haircuts & Styling Laurel Elmwood Health Services Accounting, No Legal Patricia St. Onge 530-2448 Lynne Elizabeth 845-2685 San Rafael House Care & Cleaning Joy of Learning Center 415-499-0907 Sign Design & Manufacture Berkeley Instruction & Tutoring Bookkeeping & Clerical Work Berkeley Signs 444-4447 Arts & Crafts Jewelry San Francisco Technical Consulting to Nonprofits • Art Modeling, Clothed or Unclothed Job Search Services Fred Cook 415-861-1711 & Co-ops Richmond Labor San Francisco Terry Herkimer 232-4070 Timothy Huet 415-346-5779 Languages Administrative & Art Tutoring Workshop Space Legal Services Business Services El Cerrito Lake Merritt Aryana Farsai 415-596-3037 Massage & Bodywork Administrative Work EarthLight Magazine 451-4926 The Valley • Arts & Crafts Marketing & PR Teresa Lee 925-461-3467 Oakland Music requests Business Consulting Ida Robichaud 653-0136 Pet Care Grand / Lakeshore Administrative Assistant Artwork No. Shattuck Photography Margo B. 550-4180 West Berkeley Verna Winters 524-1601 Juana Alicia 549-1269 Publications Business Development Elmwood Administrative Work Artwork Recreational Activities Saskia Dennis Van Dijl 540-5660 No. Berkeley Ocean View André Carothers 527-3582 Research Business Research Felicity Wallis 415-587-4331 Restaurants West Berkeley Business Startup Consulting Beadwork Grand Lake Sewing & Alterations Betsy Morris 549-8790 Elmwood Eileen Karpfinger 444-8729 Rawal Designs 530-2105 Stores & Shops Business Startup Berkeley Clerical Buttons in Chinese: Names, Sayings, Tool Library Jim Masters 339-3801 Piedmont Ave. Characters The Kiplinger Co. 420-0696 Transportation & Delivery Clerical Work (No Repetitive Motion) Berkeley Lilley P. 843-4355 Typing & Word Processing Northbrae (Berkeley) Event Logistics Advising Mission Video & Audio Production Sue Pector 558-7271 Ceramic Art Bill Schwalb 415-285-5627 N. Oakland Yoga Consulting: Nonprofits & Individuals Lake Merritt Experienced Insurance Billing Monica Long 547-4880 Miscellaneous Marshall Johnson 834-6350 Grand Lake Decoupage Lunch Boxes & Chairs Aaron Rosselle 444-8729 N. Oakland Common Interests & Group Activities Tanya Madoff 601-9362

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Drawing & Painting Bicycle Mechanic (UBI Certified) Home Building Carpentry South Berkeley Tune-ups, Repair, Wheels Elmwood West Berkeley Laurie Winestock 647-5049 West Berkeley Saskia Dennis Van Dijl 540-5660 Phoebe Ackley 548-6642 Embroidery, Beadwork, Ribbon Work Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Plumbing Carpentry Claremont Bicycle Repair No. Berkeley Temescal Stephanie Truskin 658-6033 N. Oakland Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 Irene Nexica 655-1687 Etchings Geoff Ruth 653-3310 Plumbing Carpentry Laurel Bike Repair Rockridge Fruitvale Ruth Sipper 530-0990 N. Oakland Jeff Calegari 843-1164 Jennifer K. 535-1011 Faux Painting Rachel Freifelder 595-1803 Plumbing Carpentry Pinole • Bike Safety Gear, Reflectors So. Berkeley Oakland Rita West-Lewis 222-8432 Berkeley BART Joseph Rooney 898-1417 Alex Schoenfeldt 595-4296 Functional Ceramics BART Bike Station 549-7433 Telephone Installation (Inside Wiring) Carpentry & House Maintenance N. Oakland Bike Storage East Bay Berkeley Monica Long 547-4880 Berkeley BART Alan Van Tress 655-5419 Lilley P. 843-4355 Hand Marbled Paper BART Bike Station 549-7433 Telephone Wiring & Repair Carpentry Teacher No. Berkeley Alameda No. Oakland Cambria Lowe 415-253-2639 requests Nick Solomon 433-0370 Nicholas Sher 595-8570 Hand Weavings Auto & Bike Repair Various Mechanical Skills (airless • Chimney Repair Haight/Fillmore Berkeley sprayer repairs) Mills College Charlie Hinton 415-626-2139 Darcy Hamilton 594-8461 West Oakland Steven Sparks 913-8155 Illustration Auto Maintenance Dennis Cahill 835-1432 Commercial Refrigeration Repair West Berkeley El Toyonal Hill Welding No. Berkeley Phoebe Ackley 548-6642 Richard Strong 925-254-7198 West Oakland Smokey Joe’s Cafe 1620 Shattuck Jewelry Making Auto Maintenance Pamela Beitz 658-1343 Construction Laurel Laurel District Wiring: Cat 5, AC Power, Telephone North Oakland Patricia St. Onge 530-2448 Jovida Ross 530-7659 So. Berkeley Ninshibar! 652-9560 Portrait Painting Auto Maintenance Lessons Joseph Rooney 898-1417 Construction West Berkeley Berkeley North Oakland Phoebe Ackley 548-6642 Karen Edwards 848-4653 requests Michele Bunker 428-2824 Shamanic Nature Arts Classes for Auto Mechanic for Tune-ups, Bicycle Carpentry Contractors Children Tune-up San Pablo at Stanford 5832 San Pablo, near Stanford Oakland Elmwood Destiny Arts Center 597-1619 Your Black Muslim Bakery 658-7080 Cathy Holt 835-2765 Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Soap & Soap Making Classes Auto Repair, Oil Change Piedmont Ave. East Bay Allysyn Kiplinger 420-0696 Rev. Sandra Decker 233-3885 Tattooing & Artwork Car Repair, Maintenance San Mateo Hidden Valley Rock of Ages Tattoo Studio 650-573-1920 Laura Lee 800-634-7393 Use of Press for Printmaking Car Rides Laurel El Toyonal Hill Ruth Sipper 530-0990 Susan Strong 925-254-7198 Workshop Space in Alameda Walnut Creek (1417 Cyprus St.) Nani’s Walk in the Garden 925-947-3556 Carpentry & House requests Maintenance Carpentry Book Binding No. Berkeley Outer Richmond District Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 Anita Stovall 415-435-7556 Carpentry Framing San Francisco Laurel Dave Reagan 415-202-0624 Ruth Sipper 530-0990 Carpentry Pottery Studio Use West Oakland So. Berkeley Pamela Beitz 658-1343 Miyoko S. 845-6703 Construction Skills Professional Mentoring West Oakland West Berkeley Dennis Cahill 835-1432 Phoebe Ackley 548-6642 Electrical Repair (Basic) Wood Crafts: Musical Notes No. Berkeley www.rosestreetmusic.com Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 Rose St. House of Music 594-4000x687 • Electrical Work (Wiring for house.) No. Oakland Bike & Auto Services Brooke Russell 655-0412 Energy Efficiency Analysis Bicycle Consultation & Advice Rockridge West Berkeley Robert Van Buskirk 596-8869 Koba Jacobsen 548-5622

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Electrical Work Childcare El Toyonal Hill Elmwood Richard Strong 925-254-7198 Rawal Designs 530-2105 Electrician Childcare Berkeley Lake Merritt Rebecca de S. Young 644-3556 Terry K. 835-3704 Furniture Repair • Childcare Outer Richmond District Oakland Anita Stovall 415-435-7556 Sally Dridi 832-7259 Handy Person Licensed Childcare Provider: After school, No. Oakland Evenings, Weekends Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Berkeley Handy Person Rhonda Bathurst 526-8540 Hayward Nature Activities for Children Minerva Amistoso 727-0461 Oakland • Handy Person Cathy Holt 835-2765 So. Berkeley Macintosh & Web Instruction Macintosh Training Frances McIntosh 848-1085 Fruitvale No. Berkeley Heather M. 436-0556 Trena Cleland 524-7224 Handy Person, Carpenter Computer Services Laurel Computer, Computer Network Install, • Microsoft skills PC Maintenance & Admin. Patricia St. Onge 530-2448 Repair No. Oakland Oakland Cliff Hirsch 594-4306 John Cassady 763-6636 Home Repair Oakland N. Oakland John Cassady 763-6636 PC Installation & Maintenance Setting Up Computer Files Julie Dominguez 450-0226 Computer Consulting: Setup, No. Berkeley No. Berkeley Guillaume Pierre 665-3919 Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 House Construction Applications, Databases, Web Training Fruitvale Temescal Software Development Website Production Heather M. 436-0556 Irene Nexica 655-1687 Rockridge Elmwood Robert Van Buskirk 596-8869 Lynne Elizabeth 845-2685 House Repairs • Computer Lessons No. Berkeley Berkeley Web Design Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 D. Erin Fisher 644-9617 Ashby BART Carl Lenox 898-1417 Consulting House Repairs Computer & Network Support West Berkeley Albany Web Design 401 (K) Retirement Planning Juana Alicia 549-1269 Tim Silk 558-1110 South Berkeley Berkeley Laurie Winestock 647-5049 Robert Berend 527-5332 Household Repairs Computer Related Cent. Berkeley Ocean View Web Design & Content Production, Book Development & Writing Consultation Rose Hauer 649-8110 Felicity Wallis 415-587-4331 Management No. Oakland Computer Services Fruitvale Naomi Rose 923-1363 Painting & Handy Person Heather M. 436-0556 No. Shattuck Rockridge Co-op Group Process Verna Winters 524-1601 Robert Van Buskirk 596-8869 Web Page Design North Oakland • Computer Training So. Berkeley Wayne L. 272-9530 Plumbing Panda Typing 848-1677 West Berkeley Fruitvale Communication Consulting Juana Alicia 549-1269 Edward Nold 531-1184 Website Development El Toyonal Hill Computer Tutoring No. Berkeley Susan Strong 925-254-7198 Stucco, Contractor, Electrician, Plumber Guillaume Pierre 665-3919 Berkeley Alameda • Concept Development Sarah Glasgow 527-7431 Nick Solomon 433-0370 Website Production No. Oakland Computer Tutoring Mission/Bernal Heights Diana Young 655-8252 Andrew Kang Bartlett 415-821-3289 N. Oakland Disability Support Care Giving Julie Dominguez 450-0226 Berkeley requests Karen Rose 486-1188 Companion to Elders Computers (PC):Web, Installation, No. Oakland Anything Computer Consulting Entrepreneurial Coaching & Consulting Nancy Freedom 428-1184 No. Berkeley San Francisco Oakland Chris Burbridge 593-3472 Fred Cook 415-861-1711 Terry O’Keefe 451-4001 Library Service to Shut-ins No. Oakland Custom Software Development Computer Consulting, Website Financial Planning Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Oakland Maintenance Berkeley Outformations 655-7122 North Oakland Robert Berend 527-5332 Ninshibar! 652-9560 • Custom Software Programming & Financial Sobriety (to Financial Childcare Web Design Computer Instruction, Repair Independence) Mountain View San Francisco Elmwood Babysitting Ariadna Solovyova 964-7904 Mohandas & Honoria Ah 415-789-8426 Paul Hoffman 496-3463 No. Berkeley Database Programming Computer Lessons Trena Cleland 524-7224 Gerontology Consulting N. Oakland El Toyonal Hill No. Oakland Childcare Don Wolf Konecny 595-9644 Richard Strong 925-254-7198 Nancy Freedom 428-1184 N. Oakland Mac Computer Skills: Software Training High-tech Education Julie Dominguez 450-0226 Guided Imagery Downtown Oakland / Lake Merrit So. Berkeley Lake Merritt Childcare Catherine Mittleman 465-7607 Joseph Rooney 898-1417 Marlene Winell 504-8843 Berkeley • Mac Tutoring Mac Consulting Hisako Oba 644-1530 Healthy Living Consultant So. Berkeley Lake Merrit No. Oakland Childcare Frances McIntosh 848-1085 Terry K. 835-3704 Karen Hester 654-6346 Piedmont Yvonne L. 652-8984

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Homeless Issues Counseling Personal Philosopher (Questions Asked, Editing & Publishing East Bay Answers Questioned) Lake Merritt Rev. Sandra Decker 233-3885 Bring Dreams to Reality Groups So. Berkeley Marshall Johnson 834-6350 North Berkeley John Abbe 654-7113 Mediation Elma Ondrey 843-6514 Editing & Writing Halcyon Personal, Spiritual Coach Temescal John Thelen-Steere 849-1969 • Compassionate Counselor Laurel Irene Nexica 655-1687 Berkeley Patricia St. Onge 530-2448 Mediation, Facilitation Charles Dalton 848-8394 Editing & Writing Coach North Berkeley Philosophical Counseling No. Berkeley Elma Ondrey 843-6514 Counseling West & North Berkeley Shelley K. 524-3343 Lake Merritt Florence Windfall 528-6878 Meeting Facilitation Kris Yates [email protected] Editing, Writing & Concept Development No. Berkeley • Premarital Counseling No. Oakland André Carothers 527-3582 Counseling (Family & Couples) Lake Merritt Diana Young 655-8252 So. Berkeley Rev. Samsarah Becknell D.D. 496-3491 Meeting Facilitation Sondra Thaler 848-8519 Editing, Writing, Proofreading Albany Psychic Readings, Healings Mission Tim Silk 558-1110 • Counseling for Individuals, Families & Halcyon Wendy Hamilton 415-621-7401 Couples Robin S. 848-9190 Minimize Environmental Impact, Energy Lake Merritt Indexing, Editing, Writing, Research Efficiency, & Toxins Elimination Rev. Samsarah Becknell D.D. 496-3491 Psychotherapy No. Oakland Ashby BART Lake Merritt Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Carl Lenox 898-1417 Counseling & Hypnosis Marlene Winell 504-8843 No. Oakland Proofreading Neighborhood Problem Solving Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Quantum Psychology Workshop Berkeley Laurel No. Oakland Liss & Avi Haviv 548-5761 Wilson Riles 530-2448 Counseling & Hypnotherapy (50% BREAD) Jim Burr 655-5956 West Berkeley Proofreading Personal Coaching Kathy Labriola 464-4652 Weddings, Memorial Services Northbrae (Berkeley) Elmwood East Bay Sue Pector 558-7271 Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Counseling: Lotus Birth Rev. Sandra Decker 233-3885 No. Oakland Proofreading Practical Political Science Consulting Faye Clipson 654-0947 No. Berkeley Laurel requests Sara Pierre 665-3919 Disabled Peer Counseling Wilson Riles 530-2448 Rebirthing (Holotroplic Breath Work) Ocean View Proofreading, Copyediting Elmwood Review Environmental Documents Felicity Wallis 415-587-4331 Cent. Berkeley Berkeley Lynne Elizabeth 845-2685 Rose Hauer 649-8110 Kevin Bundy 841-3204 Empathy & Communication Training So. Berkeley Proofreading, Editing Socially Responsible Investing John Abbe 654-7113 Berkeley Mission/Bernal Heights Desktop Publishing & Rahel S. 841-4636 Andrew Kang Bartlett 415-821-3289 Hypnosis Walnut Creek Graphic Design Proofreading, Editing Violence Prevention Workshops David Seaborg 925-938-9206 Temescal San Pablo at Stanford Desktop Publishing Annie Decker 595-7199 Destiny Arts Center 597-1619 Hypnosis & Shamanic Healing Mission/Bernal Heights Downtown Berkeley Andrew Kang Bartlett 415-821-3289 Writing • Wedding Ceremonies, Planning Isis Ward 649-0352 Mission/Bernal Heights Lake Merritt Desktop Publishing Andrew Kang Bartlett 415-821-3289 Rev. Samsarah Becknell D.D. 496-3491 Hypnotherapy for Grief & Loss No. Oakland No. Berkeley Rose Braz 595-3638 Writing Coaching (30 years in Publishing) Augusta Lucas-Audreae 525-5145 No. Oakland requests Desktop Publishing Naomi Rose 923-1363 Licensed Couples Counselor The Valley Clutter Management Halcyon Teresa Lee 925-461-3467 Writing, Editing, All Publications No. Oakland Judy Lightstone 704-0940 No. Berkeley Faye Clipson 654-0947 Graphic Design André Carothers 527-3582 Licensed Psychotherapy, Individual, No. Oakland Conflict Resolution & Mediation Services Couple, Family Diana Young 655-8252 Writing, Editing, Proofreading San Francisco Oakland, Alameda San Francisco Fred Cook 415-861-1711 Graphic Design Mohandas & Honoria Ah 415-789-8426 Jennifer Miller 667-7514 San Francisco Personal Coaching Parenting Groups Dave Reagan 415-202-0624 Writing, PR Lake Merrit Oakland, Alameda El Toyonal Hill Terry K. 835-3704 Graphic Design Susan Strong 925-254-7198 Jennifer Miller 667-7514 South Berkeley Laurie Winestock 647-5049 requests Professional Advertising, Brochures & Flyers Proofreading Cupertino Lake Merritt Andrew Lowd 408-253-8724 EarthLight Magazine 451-4926 Writing, Editing N. Oakland Editing & Writing Tanya Madoff 601-9362 Editing Temescal Food & Food Services Dawn Buerkle 923-0733 Editing & Proofreading Baking Outer Richmond District So. Berkeley Anita Stovall 415-435-7556 Joel Hildebrandt 883-1255 Editing & Proofreading Baking No. Oakland Elmwood Rose Braz 595-3638 Lia Fioroni 548-4088

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Baking Winemaking Broadway Terrace Oakland Corinne L. 654-1356 Christopher Wellman Shein 594-4000x138 Cakes for Birthdays & Special Occasions Hidden Valley requests Laura Lee 800-634-7393 • East Indian Cooking Classes Cooking Berkeley MacArthur BART Karen Ann White 704-1654 Sarah Jarmon 601-8108 Food Filipino Cooking Instruction (Veggie So. Berkeley Focus) Panda Typing 848-1677 Hayward Food Minerva Amistoso 727-0461 West Berkeley Gourmet Vegetarian Meals Lee Miltier 649-1977 Laurel District Food Jovida Ross 530-7659 San Francisco Herbs, Organic Dave Reagan 415-202-0624 West Berkeley Meals Compost Consulting Medicinal Plants & Herbs Glen H. 841-5514 Laurel/Diamond North Oakland Oakland Homemade Ice Cream & Sorbet Jai Noire 531-5373 Marcus K. 594-2297 Christopher Wellman Shein 594-4000x138 Berkeley Organic Food Edible Landscaping Organic Garden Consulting Karen Edwards 848-4653 Berkeley N. Oakland West Berkeley Homemade Vegan Sorbets (With Organic Hisako Oba 644-1530 Rachel Freifelder 595-1803 Patrick Archie 917-2030 Ingredients) Organic Food Garden Design, Installation, Instruction Organic Grading, Biointensive Techniques Berkeley Central Berkeley Oakland West Berkeley Happy Cow Collective 848-4653 Morgan Fichter 845-1160 Christopher Wellman Shein 594-4000x138 Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Instruction: Homemade Ice Cream & Produce Gardener Organic Vegetable Gardening Sorbet No. Berkeley No. Berkeley Emeryville Berkeley Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 Francesca A. 841-4863 Sam Foushee 658-4915 Happy Cow Collective 848-4653 Use of Industrial Kitchen Gardening Organically Grown Seedlings: Middle Eastern Foods Berkeley So. Berkeley Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers El Cerrito Happy Cow Collective 848-4653 Joel Hildebrandt 883-1255 Cedar - Rose Afaf Steiert 684-4586 Asa Bradman 528-8319 Vegetables Gardening Organic Catering: Groups & Parties West Berkeley No. Berkeley Plants (Esp. Raspberries & Jasmine) Less Than 75 Persons Harold David Moe 528-8713 Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 Elmwood Berkeley Gardening Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Rhonda Bathurst 526-8540 Richmond Pots for Planting & Buckets for Organic Meals Delivered By Bike Fundraising Timothy & Elizabeth Quick 412-1085 Gardening, Hauling San Francisco Gardening Elmwood Fundraising Stefan Lynch 415-820-3237 Elmwood Paul Hoffman 496-3463 MacArthur BART Organic Miso & Sauerkraut Saskia Dennis Van Dijl 540-5660 Seeds and Live Plants (Edibles & Sarah Jarmon 601-8108 Sat. Farmers Market Gardening Natives) Grant Writing Fermentations 540-5185 West Berkeley Oakland Temescal Organic Produce Anne Frost 644-2721 Christopher Wellman Shein 594-4000x138 Dawn Buerkle 923-0733 Rockridge Gardening Soil Analysis Proposal Writing Helene Knox 654-1667 El Cerrito El Toyonal Hill West Berkeley Organic Vegan Cooking & Instruction Aryana Farsai 415-596-3037 Richard Strong 925-254-7198 Betsy Morris 549-8790 N. Oakland • Gardening • Soil Removal Rachel Freifelder 595-1803 No. Oakland requests Berkeley Organic Vegetarian & Vegan Cooking Karen Ann White 704-1654 Brooke Russell 655-0412 Fundraising Assistance El Cerrito/Richmond Hills Gardening, Composting Top Bar Beehives from Recycled Mission Monika Del Bosque 236-8296 South Berkeley Materials Bill Schwalb 415-285-5627 Soy Milk Moses W. 848-4355 East Bay Grassroots Fundraising & House Parties Mark 663-5944 So. Berkeley • Gardening & Yard Clean-up Have a Party for BREAD DeAnna Tibbs 653-1341 No. Berkeley Turning Compost Piles BREAD 644-0376 Special Diet Meals Meggie Zimmerman 845-0194 Piedmont Ave. Allysyn Kiplinger 420-0696 North Oakland Gathering Seeds & Harvesting Wayne L. 272-9530 Piedmont Ave. Waste Reduction & Recycling Vegan and Vegetarian Desserts & Meals Gardening & Yard Work Allysyn Kiplinger 420-0696 Consultation West Berkeley Apple Trees (Grafted-to-Order, on North Oakland Horse Manure (Aged, Delivered) Marcus K. 594-2297 Anne Frost 644-2721 Dwarfing or Rootstock) Elmwood Vegan Baking & Cooking Cedar - Rose Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Weeding So. Berkeley Asa Bradman 528-8319 Berkeley Landscape Design: Landscaping the Rahel S. 841-4636 DeAnna Tibbs 653-1341 Bicycle Based Gardening Greater Bay Area Since the 20th Century Veggie Chili Le Conte Berkeley Worm Castings & Red Worms Temescal Philip Batchelder 644-1342 Praxis 549-1534 Berkeley Berkeley Worms 643-0440 Annie Decker 595-7199 Compost Consulting Landscaping Berkeley West Oakland Worm Composting Berkeley Worms 643-0440 Pamela Beitz 658-1343 Elmwood Paul Hoffman 496-3463

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Worms, Bins & Boxes Yard Work esp. Chainsaw Paint (Kelly-Moore) Certified Trager® Bodywork San Francisco No. Oakland West Oakland Berkeley Fernando Pastor 415-460-WORM Faye Clipson 654-0947 Dennis Cahill 835-1432 Rebecca de S. Young 644-3556 Worms for Composting Rough Construction Lumber, 4x4s Chiropractic Care Haight/Fillmore Elmwood Grand Lake Charlie Hinton 415-626-2139 Goods for Sale Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Aaron Rosselle 444-8729 Yard Appreciation Beeswax Candles Sign Design & Manufacture Chiropractic Care No. Oakland Berkeley Berkeley No. Berkeley Terri Compost 658-9178 Denise Turner [email protected] Berkeley Signs 444-4447 Jeff Grappo, D.C. 526-4394 Yard Work Blown Glass Lighting Vessels & Solar Cookers from Recycled Materials Chiropractic Care North Oakland Tableware East Bay No. Oakland Marcus K. 594-2297 West Berkeley Mark 663-5944 Kathy Doyle, D.C. 601-6325 Lee Miltier 649-1977 Tumbled Rocks Doula Care (Holistically Oriented Birth requests Ceramic Crafts Elmwood Assistant) Compost Walnut Creek (1417 Cyprus St.) Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Richmond Le Conte Nani’s Walk in the Garden 925-947-3556 Wearable Art Timothy & Elizabeth Quick 412-1085 Philip Batchelder 644-1342 Clarinet Lessons North Oakland Energy Healing Garden Design & Construction East Bay Ninshibar! 652-9560 No. Oakland Fruitvale Mark 663-5944 Faye Clipson 654-0947 Heather M. 436-0556 Computer Monitor Stands requests Energy Work Gardening Oakland • Platform Bed for Queen Mattress North Berkeley West Berkeley John Cassady 763-6636 So. Berkeley Jean S. 528-1512 David A. Oertel 915-0543 Decoupage Lunch Boxes & Chairs South Berkeley Chiropractic 551-9539 • Floatation Tank Gardening N. Oakland Throwaway Furniture & Housewives (So I No. Berkeley No. Berkeley Tanya Madoff 601-9362 can fix them to sell.) Abrol Fairweather 898-3391 Augusta Lucas-Audreae 525-5145 Discount Books, Tapes, Vitamins Temescal Healing Energy Work Gardening San Francisco Dani Eurynome 601-0537 Richmond Berkeley Fred Cook 415-861-1711 Timothy & Elizabeth Quick 412-1085 Eusako D. 540-0545 Earth Seals Stickers Health Education Gardening Elmwood Health Services No. Berkeley Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 Fruitvale Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Aromatherapy: Prenatal, Postpartum Shirley Breese 849-1627 Eye Pillows, Massage Face Cradle Covers Adults & Children Health Education, Advocacy & Coaching Gardening No. Berkeley No. Oakland San Francisco MacArthur BART Janet Conley 526-1202 Brooke Russell 655-0412 Fred Cook 415-861-1711 Sarah Jarmon 601-8108 Eye Pillows & Wrist Rests Gardening No. Berkeley Ocean View Shelley K. 524-3343 Felicity Wallis 415-587-4331 Floral Arrangements Gardening Walnut Creek (1417 Cyprus St.) El Sobrante Nani’s Walk in the Garden 925-947-3556 Jean Stewart 243-9910 Floral & Ceramic Supplies • Gardening Walnut Creek (1417 Cyprus St.) Richmond Nani’s Walk in the Garden 925-947-3556 Terry Herkimer 232-4070 Flowers Gardening, Yard Work Rockridge Fruitvale Bronwyn Jackson 761-6618 Jennifer K. 535-1011 Goods at the Depot Organic Sustainable Gardening Oakland Lakeshore / Crocker Highland E. Bay Depot for Creative Reuse 702-3936 Cynthea Denise 987-9370 Handmade Egyptian Papyrus Permaculture Landscaping & Design El Cerrito Ashby BART Afaf Steiert 684-4586 Carl Lenox 898-1417 Handmade Soap (w/ Hemp Oil) Snail & Slug Hunting Piedmont Ave. West Berkeley Allysyn Kiplinger 420-0696 Glen H. 841-5514 Manilla Greeting Cards & Prints Soil Analysis No. Berkeley South Berkeley Augusta Lucas-Audreae 525-5145 Laurie Winestock 647-5049 Native American Crafts Yard Work Stockton No. Berkeley Northern Dreams 209-463-5161 Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 Natural Soaps & Body Care Yard Work Berkeley El Toyonal Hill Denise Turner [email protected] Susan Strong 925-254-7198 Organically Grown Seedlings: Yard Work Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers North Oakland Cedar - Rose Michele Bunker 428-2824 Asa Bradman 528-8319

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Health Information & Referral House Care & Cleaning Instruction & Tutoring No. Oakland Faye Clipson 654-0947 Home Care Acting Lessons N. Oakland No. Shattuck Herbal Medicine Making: Instruction & Carolyn Splech 524-5000 Verna Winters 524-1601 Products No. Oakland House Cleaner Chemistry & Math Tutoring Terri Compost 658-9178 West Oakland N. Oakland Dennis Cahill 835-1432 Geoff Ruth 653-3310 Herbal Tinctures No. Berkeley House Sitting Communication Skills Training Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 Berkeley Elmwood Darcy Hamilton 594-8461 Saskia Dennis Van Dijl 540-5660 Holistic Health Practitioner Grand Lake House Sitting Driving Instruction Aaron Rosselle 444-8729 Berkeley Berkeley Christopher Walton 415-789-7875 Darcy Hamilton 594-8461 Hypnosis Central Berkeley House Work Economics Lessons Zed Lopez 845-6309 N. Oakland No. Berkeley Carolyn Splech 524-5000 Fred Foldvary 843-0248 Lactation Consulting North Oakland Housekeeping Filipino Cooking Instruction (Veggie Michele Bunker 428-2824 Temescal Focus) Dani Eurynome 601-0537 Hayward • Medicinal Herbs, Household Necessities Minerva Amistoso 727-0461 Mountain View • House Sitting & Lightcleaning Ariadna Solovyova 964-7904 Alameda Hip Hop, Samba, Urban Fusion Dance Irene Matsuoka 522-6155 Classes Mind-Body Techniques to Prepare for Organizing Home & Office San Pablo at Stanford Surgery Destiny Arts Center 597-1619 Oakland No. Oakland Cathy Holt 835-2765 Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Juggling Instruction So. Berkeley Network Chiropractic John Abbe 654-7113 Tutoring: K-12 Grand Lake requests Outer Richmond District Eileen Karpfinger 444-8729 Apartment Cleaning Jujitsu, Aikido, Shinkendo Anita Stovall 415-435-7556 Lake Merritt 1051 5th Ave, Oakland • Nutrition & Diet Consulting The Suigetsukan Dojo 452-3941 Tutoring: Literacy, Spelling Mills College Marshall Johnson 834-6350 Temescal Steven Sparks 913-8155 Clean Up Garage Martial Arts & Self Defense for Youth (3-18) Dani Eurynome 601-0537 West & North Berkeley San Pablo at Stanford Nutritional Cleansing Coach Destiny Arts Center 597-1619 Tutoring: Math, Accounting, Chinese Grand Lake Florence Windfall 528-6878 Berkeley Eileen Karpfinger 444-8729 Cleaning Math Tutoring Lilley P. 843-4355 Berkeley Berkeley Reiki: Healing Energy Work Karen Edwards 848-4653 Tutoring: Math, English San Francisco Rahel S. 841-4636 Berkeley Fred Cook 415-861-1711 House Cleaner Mathematics & Physics Teaching Rahel S. 841-4636 El Cerrito/Richmond Hills Rockridge Reiki Healing Energy Work Robert Van Buskirk 596-8869 Tutoring: Reading, Math, Spanish, K-12 Oakland Monika Del Bosque 236-8296 Piedmont Cathy Holt 835-2765 House Cleaning Neuro-Linguistics, Self-Hypnosis, Yoga Sacha Luria 533-3386 (Gentle) Resilient Health Classes for Groups Berkeley • Tutoring: Spanish or English Rebecca de S. Young 644-3556 No. Oakland Oakland Nancy Freedom 428-1184 No. Berkeley Cathy Holt 835-2765 House Cleaning Meggie Zimmerman 845-0194 Poetry Instruction: Reading or Writing Speech Therapy Laurel Ruth Sipper 530-0990 Rockridge Berkeley Helene Knox 654-1667 requests Sarah Glasgow 527-7431 House Cleaning • Somatic Education Hsing E Martial Arts Lessons Stress Relief & Yoga Mission Berkeley Wendy Hamilton 415-621-7401 So. Berkeley No. Oakland South Berkeley Chiropractic 551-9539 Rhonda Bathurst 526-8540 Nancy Freedom 428-1184 House Cleaning Teach Biology • Math Tutor (College Level) X-ray ID Cards (Medical Supply) West Berkeley No. Oakland Juana Alicia 549-1269 Walnut Creek Piedmont Ave. David Seaborg 925-938-9206 Jim Burr 655-5956 The Kiplinger Co. 420-0696 House Cleaning Teaching Shesha Mirror Voice, Speaking Lessons Alameda No. Berkeley requests Nick Solomon 433-0370 Claremont Stephanie Truskin 658-6033 Shelley K. 524-3343 Acupuncture, Herbs House Cleaning Tutor: Math & English Berkeley Lakeshore / Crocker Highland Castro Valley Rhonda Bathurst 526-8540 Cynthea Denise 987-9370 Heather Chou Pierce 581-1394 Jewelry Dentistry House Cleaning Tutoring Bamboo & Turquoise Jewelry Central Berkeley West Berkeley West Berkeley Tracy David Melly 841-3204 David A. Oertel 915-0543 Harold David Moe 528-8713 INCA 209-835-8885 Dentistry House Cleaning: Before or After House Tutoring: English, Basic Math Copper Bracelets & Silver Rings Halcyon Concerts No. Berkeley www.sergiolub.com Robin S. 848-9190 www.rosestreetmusic.com Sergio Lub 925-229-3600 Rose St. House of Music 594-4000x687 Shelley K. 524-3343 Dentistry: Teeth Cleaning Tutoring (High School Teaching Custom Silver Jewelry Elmwood Housekeeping Credential) Berkeley Marina Paul Hoffman 496-3463 North Oakland Paul Canin 548-8802 Ninshibar! 652-9560 Berkeley Dina Mackin 644-2290

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Korean Lessons Massage & Bodywork UC Village Yukyung Chung 559-4654 • Acupressure Berkeley Latin Tutoring: Individuals & Small D. Erin Fisher 644-9617 Groups: All Levels Haight-Ashbury Acupressure Massage Katherine Roberts 415-387-5435 Laurel/Diamond Jai Noire 531-5373 Spanish (Bilingual) West Oakland • Bodywork Dennis Cahill 835-1432 So. Berkeley South Berkeley Chiropractic 551-9539 Spanish Tutoring So. Berkeley Bodywork: Polarity Therapy, Gestalt Work Joel Hildebrandt 883-1255 San Rafael Joy of Learning Center 415-499-0907 Spanish Tutoring & Translation Cent. Berkeley Bodywork: Swedish, Kinesiology, Polarity, Rose Hauer 649-8110 Shiatsu, Reflexology, & Yoga Gold, Precious Rings Labor Richmond Heights N. Oakland Translation: English, Japanese Jeff Del Bosque 236-8296 Don Wolf Konecny 595-9644 Hauling Berkeley West Berkeley Eusako D. 540-0545 Breema Bodywork: Private Sessions & Jewelry David A. Oertel 915-0543 Instruction N. Oakland requests So. Berkeley Julie Dominguez 450-0226 Moving Assistance: Packing, Boxing, etc. Hannah Joyce Karpilow 848-9141 Outer Richmond District English Lessons Jewelry Design & Repair Feldenkreis Method Anita Stovall 415-435-7556 UC Village El Cerrito/Richmond Hills Albany Yukyung Chung 559-4654 Monika Del Bosque 236-8296 Moving or Digging Eveline Wu 496-3447 Elmwood German Tutoring Jewelry Repair • Licensed Massage Therapist Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Berkeley Ashby BART Oakland Karen Edwards 848-4653 Xochitl Small Bear 486-2687 Variety of Tasks Sally Dridi 832-7259 UC Village Russian Language Lessons Unique Handcrafted Jewelry: Gold & Massage Yukyung Chung 559-4654 No. Berkeley Silver No. Berkeley Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 www.anastasiajewelry.com Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 Anastasia K. Trainer 336-9279 requests • Massage Light Construction Richmond Piedmont Ave. Legal Services Terry Herkimer 232-4070 The Kiplinger Co. 420-0696 Job Search Services Criminal Law • Massage Career Counseling Urban Farm Hand Oakland No. Oakland Halcyon West Oakland John Cassady 763-6636 Sonia Connoly 798-9001 Willow Rosenthal 268-8356 Judy Lightstone 704-0940 Estate Planning Massage (50% BREAD) Career Counseling So. Berkeley West Berkeley Gloria Park 535-1886 Berkeley Languages Kathy Labriola 464-4652 Karen Rose 486-1188 Legal Referrals Massage for Cyclists Job Hunting • American Sign Language Instructions No. Oakland West Berkeley East Bay Richmond Nicholas Sher 595-8570 Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Terry Herkimer 232-4070 Rev. Sandra Decker 233-3885 Legal Services Massage (MT) Job Search Assistance Ancient Greek tutor: Individuals & Small San Francisco Central Berkeley Mission Groups - All Levels Timothy Huet 415-346-5779 Zed Lopez 845-6309 Haight-Ashbury Bill Schwalb 415-285-5627 Legal Services: Non-profits, Real Estate, • Massage (Novice Level) Katherine Roberts 415-387-5435 Resume Preparation Economic Development No. Oakland Outer Richmond District ASL (American Sign Language) Lessons Fruitvale Cliff Hirsch 594-4306 El Sobrante Jennifer K. 535-1011 Anita Stovall 415-435-7556 Prenatal and Postpartum Massage Jean Stewart 243-9910 Resume Services Paralegal No. Oakland Mission ESL Tutoring South Berkeley Brooke Russell 655-0412 No. Berkeley Dean Tuckerman 845-5003 Wendy Hamilton 415-621-7401 Psychoperistalsis Reflexology, Sports, & Sara Pierre 665-3919 Resume Writing requests Eclectic Massage Berkeley Esperanto Lessons San Francisco Karen Rose 486-1188 No. Berkeley Attorney Fred Cook 415-861-1711 Fred Foldvary 843-0248 Resumes & Applications West Berkeley • Reiki Energy Treatment Mission French Instruction Lee Miltier 649-1977 No. Oakland Bill Schwalb 415-285-5627 Castro Valley Legal & Accounting Advice Sonia Connoly 798-9001 Heather Chou Pierce 581-1394 Typing Service: Resumes, Business Berkeley Sensory Reawakening, Movement Cards, Papers German Conversation Happy Cow Collective 848-4653 Education So. Berkeley Laurel Legal Consulting Albany Panda Typing 848-1677 Ruth Sipper 530-0990 Rockridge Eveline Wu 496-3447 Hebrew Conversation Robert Van Buskirk 596-8869 Shiatsu Massage requests Laurel Legal Counsel South Berkeley/Albany Ruth Sipper 530-0990 Job Counseling: Disability Issues San Francisco Tatyana Ryevzina 594-4041 Northbrae (Berkeley) Hebrew Tutor Fred Cook 415-861-1711 Shiatsu Massage Sue Pector 558-7271 South Berkeley Legal Services Temescal Laurie Winestock 647-5049 West Oakland Dawn Buerkle 923-0733 Pamela Beitz 658-1343

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Shiatsu, Thai Massage Guitar Lessons Piano Lessons Horse Training, Exercise Kensington Berkeley MacArthur BART Halcyon Rivka Mason 524-2916 Ryan Buckley 664-1540 Sarah Jarmon 601-8108 Robin S. 848-9190 Structural Acupressure Harmonica Lessons Singing Lessons Mission/Bernal Heights San Francisco So. Berkeley requests Andrew Kang Bartlett 415-821-3289 Dave Reagan 415-202-0624 DeAnna Tibbs 653-1341 Dog Walking Swedish Massage, Acupressure House Concerts & Workshops Suzuki Violin Lessons Berkeley Halcyon www.rosestreetmusic.com Berkeley Karen Rose 486-1188 Robin S. 848-9190 Rose St. House of Music 594-4000x687 Rhonda Bathurst 526-8540 Pet Sitting Swedish or Shiatsu Massage Music for Young Kids Elmwood Emeryville Emeryville Lia Fioroni 548-4088 M.J. Gentile 233-4858 Sam Foushee 658-4915 Pet Care Therapeutic Bodywork Music: Original A Capella & Folk Animal Care No. Berkeley www.rosestreetmusic.com/irinarivkin Berkeley Photography Cambria Lowe 415-253-2639 Irina Rivkin 524-3545 Karen Rose 486-1188 Creative People Photography Zero Balancing & Polarity Therapy Pianist Cat Sitting Castro Valley Mission/Bernal Heights No. Berkeley West & North Berkeley Heather Chou Pierce 581-1394 Andrew Kang Bartlett 415-821-3289 Francesca A. 841-4863 Florence Windfall 528-6878 Photography Piano Lessons Cat Sitting, Plant Care Laurel/Diamond Oakland Temescal Jai Noire 531-5373 Andrea Simms 336-1556 Marketing & PR Dani Eurynome 601-0537 Photography Marketing Piano Lessons Consultant, Alternative Health Care for No. Oakland Berkeley No. Shattuck Animals Dennis T. 601-6625 Verna Winters 524-1601 Jim Masters 339-3801 Lower Haight Photography: Editorial, Private, Corporate Marketing & Business Development Piano Lessons Kasie M. 415-437-9575 http://LionPhotography.com Elmwood South Berkeley Dog & Cat Sitting Rosemarie Lion 415-437-2579 Moses W. 848-4355 Saskia Dennis Van Dijl 540-5660 West Berkeley Photography, Photo Retouching, & Repair PR Concept Development for Nonprofit or Piano Lessons David A. Oertel 915-0543 Oakland Small Business Central Berkeley Dog Walking Alex Schoenfeldt 595-4296 Morgan Fichter 845-1160 El Toyonal Hill Broadway Terrace Portraits, Events, Weddings, Natural Susan Strong 925-254-7198 Singing Lessons Corinne L. 654-1356 Lifestyle North Oakland Homeopathic Veterinarian http://LionPhotography.com requests Ninshibar! 652-9560 Mill Valley Rosemarie Lion 415-437-2579 Marketing, PR Singing Workshops & Group Facilitation Larry Bruk 415-381-0723 San Pablo at Stanford www.rosestreetmusic.com/irinarivkin Destiny Arts Center 597-1619 Irina Rivkin 524-3545 Violin Lessons Rockridge Music Helene Knox 654-1667 Beginning Adult Guitar Lessons Violin Lessons Laurel/Diamond Hidden Valley Jai Noire 531-5373 Laura Lee 800-634-7393 Community Events, Musical Jams Voice Lessons www.rosestreetmusic.com Rockridge Rose St. House of Music 594-4000x687 Helene Knox 654-1667 Custom Song Writing Voice, Speech Lessons Laurel/Diamond No. Shattuck Jai Noire 531-5373 Verna Winters 524-1601 Entertainment (Guitar, Singer) Berkeley requests Liss & Avi Haviv 548-5761 Guitar Lessons Fiddle Lessons No. Berkeley Central Berkeley Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 Morgan Fichter 845-1160 Guitar Lessons Flamenco Guitar Lessons West Berkeley Elmwood Patrick Archie 917-2030 Dan Fries 849-5402 Music Guitar Building & Repair South Berkeley Central Berkeley Moses W. 848-4355 David Melly 841-3204 • Music Lessons Guitar Lessons Oakland Central Berkeley Sally Dridi 832-7259 David Melly 841-3204 Music Recording Engineering Guitar Lessons North Oakland No. Berkeley Wayne L. 272-9530 André Carothers 527-3582 Piano Improvement Lessons Guitar Lessons Piedmont Berkeley Sacha Luria 533-3386 Liss & Avi Haviv 548-5761

B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT 13 Goods & Services (cont.)

Still Photography: Performance, Head Skating Instruction (Inline) requests Tool Library Shots, Portraits, Weddings & Events, Oakland News John Cassady 763-6636 Alterations Knife & Tool Sharpening San Francisco No. Berkeley Central Berkeley Swimming Pool: 3x Week Sara Pierre 665-3919 David Melly 841-3204 Fred Cook 415-861-1711 www.rosestreetmusic.com/irinarivkin Irina Rivkin 524-3545 Sewing Power Tools: Router, Band Saw, Palm requests No. Berkeley Sander, Planer, etc. Walking Partner Cambria Lowe 415-253-2639 Central Berkeley Photography Darkroom El Cerrito/Richmond Hills David Melly 841-3204 Berkeley Monika Del Bosque 236-8296 Sewing Darcy Hamilton 594-8461 North Oakland Spades for Rent or Sale Ninshibar! 652-9560 Berkeley Research Sewing Lilley P. 843-4355 Publications www.anastasiajewelry.com Library Research Anastasia K. Trainer 336-9279 Advertising (Bay Area BusinessWoman) No. Oakland Transportation & www.babwnews.com Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Sewing, Internet Research Bay Area BusinessWoman 654-7557 Elmwood Delivery Research Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Bay Area BusinessWoman Newspaper South Berkeley Bicycle Delivery Service Sewing & Mending www.babwnews.com Dean Tuckerman 845-5003 Berkeley No. Berkeley Bay Area Business Woman 654-7557 Pedal Express 843-7339 Trena Cleland 524-7224 Journals, Blank Books, Address Books requests Car Rides Sewing, Mending West Oakland West Berkeley • Activism, Advocacy Research Outer Richmond District Willow Rosenthal 268-8356 David A. Oertel 915-0543 So. Berkeley Anita Stovall 415-435-7556 • Orion & Orion Afield Magazines Meredith Jefferson 704-1435 Rides: Shopping, Airport, etc. Both mags for $30 (30% BREAD) Research No. Berkeley Orion Society 888-909-6568 San Francisco Stores & Shops Chris Burbridge 593-3472 Poetry Books, Essays Mohandas & Honoria Ah 415-789-8426 Shopping Berkeley BART Bike Station West Berkeley Research Assistant No. Berkeley Harold David Moe 528-8713 Downtown Berkeley BART - South Exit Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 Laurel Bicycle Storage 549-7433 EarthLight Magazine Wilson Riles 530-2448 Berkeley Signs Lake Merritt Research: Market, Opinion, requests EarthLight Magazine 451-4926 Berkeley Ethnographic, Media Monitoring & News Sign Design and Manufacture 444-4447 Driving Errands Clipping Berkeley San Francisco Cal Copy Karen Rose 486-1188 Recreational Activities Fred Cook 415-861-1711 1748 Shattuck, Berkeley Large Contracts by Arrangement 549-7171 • Driving Services Fencing Lessons Mountain View No. Oakland Destiny Arts Center Ariadna Solovyova 964-7904 Dennis T. 601-6625 Restaurants San Pablo at Stanford, Oakland Martial Arts, Dance Classes 597-1619 Occasional Rides • GO Lessons Organic Cafe Cent. Berkeley Berkeley 1050 40th St., Oakland East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse Rose Hauer 649-8110 Howard King 649-1697 Vegan & Vegetarian Meals 653-6510 6713 San Pablo, Oakland Arts & Craft Supplies, and More 702-3936 Rides for Shopping Hiking & Mt. Biking Tours Smokey Joe’s Cafe No. Oakland Halcyon 1620 Shattuck, Berkeley Fermentations Faye Clipson 654-0947 John Thelen-Steere 849-1969 Breakfast & Lunch (M-F) 1620 Shattuck Saturday Berkeley Farmers Market Sauer Kraut & Miso 540-5185 Transportation Hip Hop, Samba, Urban Fusion Dance Vachi’s Halal Claremont Classes 326 23rd St., Oakland Organic Cafe Produce Center Stephanie Truskin 658-6033 San Pablo at Stanford Falafel, Kabobs, Smoothies, etc. 444-8588 1050 40th St., Oakland Groceries & Produce 653-6510 Destiny Arts Center 597-1619 Your Black Muslim Bakery Ice Skating Lessons 5832 San Pablo Ave., Oakland Nani’s Walk in the Garden Typing & Word Processing Central Berkeley Day-old Breads, Pies, etc. 658-7080 1417 Cyprus St., Walnut Creek David Melly 841-3204 Flowers & Arrangements 925-947-3556 Transcription & Data Entry: Medical, Academic, Legal, General Clerical Pedal Express Sailing Lessons Outer Richmond District Berkeley West Berkeley Sewing & Alterations Anita Stovall 415-435-7556 Patrick Archie 917-2030 Bicycle Delivery Service 843-7339 Ironing: Shirts, Pants, Etc. Typing (80+ WPM, 100% BREAD) Regent Press Sea Kayaking Lessons Fruitvale So. Berkeley 6020 A Adeline, No. Oakland West Berkeley Shirley Breese 849-1627 Miyoko S. [email protected] Patrick Archie 917-2030 Printing & Publishing 547-7602 Seamstress Typing Rock of Ages Tattoo Studio Swimming Instruction Ashby BART Cent. Berkeley 1920 A El Camino Real, San Mateo Berkeley Xochitl Small Bear 486-2687 Rose Hauer 649-8110 Rebecca de S. Young 644-3556 Tattoo Studio 650-573-1920 Sewing Typing Service: Resumes, Business Suigetsukan Martial Arts Studio Tennis Lessons San Francisco Cards, Papers 1051 5th Ave., Oakland Berkeley Dave Reagan 415-202-0624 So. Berkeley Les Tsang 206-7811 Jujitsu, Aikido, Shinkendo 452-3941 Sewing: Clothing, Futon Panda Typing 848-1677 Tennis Tournament Directing Berkeley Your Black Muslim Bakery Berkeley Eusako D. 540-0545 5832 San Pablo, Oakland requests Les Tsang 206-7811 Day-old Bakery Products 658-7080 Shared Sewing Skills: Textile Arts Lessons Transcription Claremont requests Lake Merritt requests Stephanie Truskin 658-6033 EarthLight Magazine 451-4926 Bridge Lessons Retail Store Help No. Berkeley Walnut Creek (1417 Cyprus St.) Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 Nani’s Walk in the Garden 925-947-3556

14 B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT Common interests & group activities (Provided as a guide to meet fellow BREAD members with similar interests) Typing Miscellaneous Elmwood Rawal Designs 530-2105 401 (K) Retirement Planning Berkeley Typing Robert Berend 527-5332 West Berkeley Harold David Moe 528-8713 Accepting Donations Central Berkeley Typists Project Underground 705-8981 So. Berkeley Panda Typing 848-1677 Astrology Downtown Berkeley Isis Ward 649-0352 Video & Audio Production • Entertaining Out-of-town Guests Alameda Documentary Programs on Tape Irene Matsuoka 522-6155 San Francisco TUC Radio 415-861-6962 Grassroots Organizing Lake Merritt Holistic Video Lending Library Marshall Johnson 834-6350 No. Berkeley Art Shows Camping Janet Conley 526-1202 Home Economist Rockridge N. Oakland No. Oakland Bronwyn Jackson 761-6618 Don Wolf Konecny 595-9644 Media Production: Film, Video, Audio Nancy Freedom 428-1184 San Francisco Arts & Crafts Classes Camping Fred Cook 415-861-1711 Hot Tub to Use West Berkeley West Berkeley Cedar - Rose Phoebe Ackley 548-6642 Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Mix Tapes Asa Bradman 528-8319 West Oakland Author Talks at Bookstores, Art Exhibits Chess Willow Rosenthal 268-8356 Intellectual Odd Jobs (Research, Design, No. Oakland No. Oakland etc.) Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Jim Burr 655-5956 Reader or Voice Overs No. Berkeley Laurel/Diamond Shelley K. 524-3343 Backpacking & Hiking Cohousing & Eco-communities Jai Noire 531-5373 Berkeley Halcyon Perform Weddings Darcy Hamilton 594-8461 Judy Lightstone 704-0940 Transcribing of Audio Tapes Walnut Creek No. Berkeley David Seaborg 925-938-9206 • Badminton Community Building: Fruitvale Trena Cleland 524-7224 No. Oakland Fruitvale Shopping Cliff Hirsch 594-4306 Jennifer K. 535-1011 Video Production No. Berkeley No. Oakland Bill Lutkenhouse 841-8729 Barbara Sher-Type Support Group, Ken Community Garden in N. Oakland Dennis T. 601-6625 Wilber Discussion Group No. Oakland Spiritual Direction Videotaping Childbirth Elmwood Faye Clipson 654-0947 Rockridge Paul Hoffman 496-3463 Lake Merritt Helene Knox 654-1667 • Community Gardening Marlene Winell 504-8843 Bicycling No. Berkeley Tarot Readings So. Berkeley Meggie Zimmerman 845-0194 Elmwood Joseph Rooney 898-1417 requests Lynne Elizabeth 845-2685 Community Gardening (People’s Park) Bicycling No. Oakland Recording Studio Time Tarot Readings www.rosestreetmusic.com/irinarivkin West Berkeley Terri Compost 658-9178 Haight/Fillmore Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Irina Rivkin 524-3545 Charlie Hinton 415-626-2139 Community Gardening, Yoga, Hiking Bicycling, Hiking Oakland Used Holistic Videos Workshop Space No. Berkeley Fruitvale Cathy Holt 835-2765 Lake Merritt Jennifer K. 535-1011 Janet Conley 526-1202 EarthLight Magazine 451-4926 Community Gardens & Seed Saving & Bike Activism Exchanges requests Temescal Oakland Yoga Annie Decker 595-7199 Christopher Wellman Shein 594-4000x138 Land Bike Rides Cooking, Hiking, Environmental Issues Individual Yoga Therapy Sessions Oakland Haight-Ashbury No. Oakland Duboce Triangle Christopher Wellman Shein 594-4000x138 Katherine Roberts 415-387-5435 Nicholas Sher 595-8570 Jodi Perelman 415-431-6123 Weekend Getaway Bike Riding Creative Writing Kundalini Yoga No. Berkeley So. Berkeley Elmwood Downtown Berkeley Jeff Grappo, D.C. 526-4394 DeAnna Tibbs 653-1341 Lynne Elizabeth 845-2685 Isis Ward 649-0352 Bikes, Sustainable Transport Dancing • Yoga Berkeley BART N. Oakland Oakland common interests & BART Bike Station 549-7433 Julie Dominguez 450-0226 Ida Robichaud 653-0136 group activities Biking Dinner N’Dance Potlucks Yoga Classes No. Berkeley Piedmont Lakeshore / Crocker Highland Activism Chris Burbridge 593-3472 Sacha Luria 533-3386 Cynthea Denise 987-9370 South Berkeley Dean Tuckerman 845-5003 Biking Discussion Group Meetings (Call for Yoga Inspirational Berkeley Information) Kensington Activism Rahel S. 841-4636 Berkeley Rivka Mason 524-2916 San Mateo Robert Berend 527-5332 Rock of Ages Tattoo Studio 650-573-1920 Biking Yoga Instruction, Gentle Berkeley Documentary Video No. Oakland Alternative Families Kevin Bundy 841-3204 No. Oakland Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Lake Merrit Dennis T. 601-6625 Terry K. 835-3704 Book Discussions Cent. Berkeley Dumpster Diving Antique Shopping Rose Hauer 649-8110 N. Oakland N. Oakland Geoff Ruth 653-3310 Julie Dominguez 450-0226

B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT 15 Common interests & group activities (cont.)

Mountain Biking Salsa Dancing, Kayaking Halcyon Halcyon John Thelen-Steere 849-1969 Robin S. 848-9190 Music Scrabble No. Berkeley West Berkeley Chris Burbridge 593-3472 Betsy Morris 549-8790 Music Sewing South Berkeley Claremont Moses W. 848-4355 Stephanie Truskin 658-6033 Music: A Capella & Folk Short Scenic Walks www.rosestreetmusic.com/irinarivkin No. Oakland Irina Rivkin 524-3545 Nancy Freedom 428-1184 Music & Gardening Singing South Berkeley Haight-Ashbury Laurie Winestock 647-5049 Katherine Roberts 415-387-5435 Musical Events • Singing No. Berkeley No. Oakland Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 Karen Pearle 601-5565 Nature Spanish Conversation: Group-Advanced No. Berkeley West Oakland Fred Foldvary 843-0248 Willow Rosenthal 268-8356 Nature Connection (Walks, Rituals, Spanish Conversation Groups Council of All Beings) So. Berkeley Oakland Joel Hildebrandt 883-1255 Cathy Holt 835-2765 Speaking Spanish Neighborhood Activism Oakland Temescal Daniel B. 639-1997 Dani Eurynome 601-0537 Spirit, Physical Health Organic Gardening Laurel San Rafael Wilson Riles 530-2448 Joy of Learning Center 415-499-0907 Table Tennis Outdoor Activities So. Berkeley Castro Valley John Abbe 654-7113 Heather Chou Pierce 581-1394 Tamil Language Study, Practice Outdoors: Hiking, Etc. So. Berkeley No. Berkeley John Abbe 654-7113 Francesca A. 841-4863 Track Bike Riding Fighting Economic Globalization Hiking, Arts, Eco Gatherings Parenting N. Oakland Mission/Bernal Heights North Oakland Fruitvale Geoff Ruth 653-3310 Andrew Kang Bartlett 415-821-3289 Wayne L. 272-9530 Heather M. 436-0556 Video Games Folk Music Hiking, Camping Permaculture No. Berkeley West Berkeley Elmwood West & North Berkeley Guillaume Pierre 665-3919 Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Lia Fioroni 548-4088 Florence Windfall 528-6878 Voluntary Simplicity French Conversation Group Hiking, Camping, Rollerblading Permaculture West Berkeley Rockridge Lake Merritt West Berkeley Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Helene Knox 654-1667 Kris Yates [email protected] David A. Oertel 915-0543 Walking Gaming (RPGs, Board, Etc.) Hiking, Dinner Parties, Collaborative Art Permaculture N. Oakland So. Berkeley & Music West Berkeley Julie Dominguez 450-0226 John Abbe 654-7113 No. Berkeley Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Walking & Making Street a Safe Place Gardening Cambria Lowe 415-253-2639 Political, Social Action Berkeley Fruitvale Hiking, Herb Growing & Gathering, Grand Lake Eusako D. 540-0545 Jennifer K. 535-1011 Ballroom Dancing Aaron Rosselle 444-8729 Walks on Beach Gardening Richmond Heights Radio, Urban Community No. Berkeley Central Berkeley Jeff Del Bosque 236-8296 Temescal Marjorie Gardiner 526-5934 Morgan Fichter 845-1160 Hiking & Outdoor Dawn Buerkle 923-0733 Weight Training Gardening West Berkeley Rituals, Ceremonies Fruitvale West Berkeley Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Laurel Jennifer K. 535-1011 Koba Jacobsen 548-5622 Humanism, Philosophy, Buddhism Patricia St. Onge 530-2448 Women’s Circle Health, Movement West Berkeley Rock Climbing, Snowboarding, Surfing Grand Lake No. Shattuck Harold David Moe 528-8713 So. Berkeley Eileen Karpfinger 444-8729 Verna Winters 524-1601 Internet Partners Miyoko S. [email protected] Worker Cooperatives Herb Walks Lake Merritt Running Berkeley No. Oakland Marshall Johnson 834-6350 Fruitvale Darcy Hamilton 594-8461 Terri Compost 658-9178 Jogging Jennifer K. 535-1011 Writing Hiking No. Berkeley Sacred Space, Elders’ Councils, Dream Fruitvale Oakland Sara Pierre 665-3919 Groups Heather M. 436-0556 Christopher Shein 594-4000x138 Meditation Oakland Yoga Laurel District Cathy Holt 835-2765 Elmwood Jovida Ross 530-7659 Lynne Elizabeth 845-2685

16 B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT BREAD members poll together by Miyoko Sakashita

In September, we surveyed BREAD year. Nearly 10% of BREAD when making trades. Members confusion and disappointment. members to find out how trading is members polled are disabled. 73% should ONLY advertise services and The directory will begin to include these going. Many responded with reported their ethnicity as White, goods they actually have available details. Tell us how much BREAD you interesting stories, comments, and followed by 8% Asian, 5% Mixed, and are qualified to provide. accept next time you update your listing. useful information that will help to 4% African American, and 10% An orientation is a great idea. We’ve guide BREAD’s planning and other (including Latino and Native I feel separated from the people who already held two successful member programs. American). run the organization. orientations in July and November. Here’s what we found out Here’s what members are Please check the calendar or calls to find BREAD is run by members. As a demo- from our poll: saying are the greatest out when the next one is to be held. cratic organization, members are encour- aged to participate in decision-making by Last summer, members used benefits of BREAD: Make a BREAD bank that can attending bi-monthly Council Meetings. BREAD HOURS to pay for food, change BREAD currency. “Finding great local talent of all Project administration is done by a gardening and home repair; kinds! I’ve met people who have Please stop by the office at 1920 Martin collective of volunteer BREAD members. including plumbing and electrical similar values and interests — that’s Luther King Jr. Way. You can get We could use more help! work. Administrative services such a joy, too.” smaller denomination BREAD HOURS as data entry, transcription, and I believe that updating the directory “Goodwill for my small soil or purchase additional HOURS. Call for graphic design were also common. more frequently should help. I see office hours (644-0376). consulting business.” that you’ve already begun to do this. People earned BREAD by providing “[I’m] proud to be a part of an Put newsletter and services on your People should put things in writing goods or services to other organization that is living example website with photos and enhanced when entering agreement to provide community members. These goods of my philosophical/ political descriptions. service. and services included: plumbing, values, hopes, and dreams.” plant sales, word processing, A couple of BREAD members have vol- To make trading simpler, use a “Trade photography, counseling, body “Supporting local businesses.” unteered to give BREAD’s website a new Estimate” form. By writing down the work, landscape design, homemade look. Please visit www.BREAD- agreement beforehand, you can clarify “Working with like-minded people.” ice cream, and more. HOURS.org to monitor changes. and negotiate your trade more easily. Let “Buying stuff with BREAD is Currently you can download the latest us know about your BREAD trades by Making connections in the awesome. BREAD members are directory or browse listings on-line. sending in a “Trade Evaluation” form. community is the most celebrated also kind-hearted individuals.” You can find these forms on our website. benefit of BREAD membership. In the BREAD directory, I would Moreover, by requiring members to Additionally, many people trade like to see each person’s listing “[I enjoy] the articles in your renew their membership each year, the BREAD for goods and services that include information of whether they magazine — very in tune with the directory in this newsletter will be more they want and enjoy. accept 100% BREAD or partial global economy.” accurate and helpful. o payment. This could avoid a lot of Members described that the most “I have enjoyed meeting people in common challenge is that people the community and telling my bread trade estimate form don’t return phone calls promptly, if friends about BREAD.” Provide a copy of this to each party in the exchange. at all. “I like the growth demonstrated in Estimate provided by: ______Phone ______30% of members trade with BREAD the Fall 2001 newsletter. Super. Estimate provided to: ______Phone ______at least every few months. The Restaurants, hair cuts, more Work to be completed by (date):______Today’s Date ______remainder trade less frequently. diversity, a variety of services. Good DESCRIBE SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED: work, keep it up, good luck! I’m 55% of members are satisfied with glad to see BREAD rising!” their BREAD membership. Others DESCRIBE RATE AND ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE SERVICE: Explain what portion is to be paid in BREAD and what portion to be paid in US dollars or would like to see more trading and Here are some suggestions other barter exchange. improvements such as frequent that members offered and updates to listings. our responses in italics: ESTIMATED FINAL AMOUNT TO BE PAID FOR SERVICE: BREAD has more than 300 New members should receive an members. Most members are low- orientation about BREAD and be DESCRIBE ACTION TO BE TAKEN IF THE ESTIMATE OR DEADLINE IS income. 45% of members who FOUND TO BE UNREALISTIC (i.e. phone call, negotiate new agreement, leave strongly encouraged to be service uncompleted): responded reported an annual responsible, reliable, and honest income of even less than $21,000 a Trade Estimate Form can be found at www.BREADHOURS.org/resource.html

B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT 17 Homegrown economics Continued from page 1 When chains displace local offerings included window decals businesses, not only are economic that identify a business as locally assets transferred to absentee own- owned, reduced advertising rates ers, but many important decisions with local media, and a listing in a —whether to pay a living wage, sell new local business guide. produce from a nearby organic arm, Once past the initial difficulties, stock a controversial book — are BIBA grew steadily over the next moved to distant boardrooms, three years. It now has 150 mem- where the values of the local bers and boasts a renewal rate of community carry little weight. nearly 90 percent. A wide variety of Milchen’s interest was also businesses have joined, including motivated by a desire to protect food producers like Twisted Pine Boulder’s sense of place. “I want to Brewery and the Boulder County live in a community that has its own Farmer’s Market, repair shops like identity,” he says. Such places are Hoshi Motors, retail stores like increasingly rare as more cities and Video Station, service providers like towns are ringed by massive, Silver Star Printing, restaurants like impersonal superstores and acres of The Sink, and Boulder’s only asphalt. Once vibrant Main Streets independent commercial bank, are now gutted and vacant. Heritage Bank. The smallest are sole Distinctive urban neighborhoods proprietorships. The largest, the districts, and lax enforcement of general manager of 45-year-old have been overrun by an endless nonprofit Boulder Community antitrust laws — give large corpora- McGuckin Hardware, “you generally stream of Gap stores and Starbucks Hospital, has more than 2,000 tions unwarranted advantages over avoid talking to your customers logos. Milchen sees Boulder’s employees. BIBA currently employs locally owned businesses. about religion or politics.” But BIBA members took the risk. Many post- numerous homegrown businesses two part-time staff, as well as an To reverse the current trends, com- ed information in their stores as a valuable community asset — intern to keep it all going. munities must adopt new rules that explaining the need for the CVA, one worth fighting for. support, rather than undermine, the BIBA’s new Community Benefit met with city officials, and gave homegrown economy. Last year Bolduc and Milchen together Card promises that residents need interviews to the media. developed a brochure outlining not choose between supporting a BIBA introduced the Community their goals, persuaded ten local local business and getting the best Vitality Act (CVA), a package of four The CVA quickly became the talk of businesses to become founding deal. Available for $15 — less than a local ordinances drafted with the the town and the subject of dozens members, and formally membership at one warehouse help of the Institute for Local Self- of media stories. At first, it was incorporated the Boulder buying club — the card provides Reliance’s New Rules Project, a highly controversial. Opponents Independent Business Alliance in discounts at more than 60 member national effort to identify and pro- decried it as an interference in the early 1998. Membership is open to businesses. Cards can be purchased mote policies that build strong, sus- marketplace and a violation of prop- any business that is majority owned at local stores or from several non- tainable local economies. erty rights. But BIBA pressed its case. “We have the right and by area residents and keeps profit groups, which keep a portion The CVA would require that the city responsibility as citizens to deter- decision-making authority local. of the proceeds. This arrangement, give preference to locally owned says Milchen, helps fulfill another mine our community’s future,” Recruiting members was a hard sell businesses for purchases and con- goal of creating stronger bonds Milchen argued in op-eds and at first. With nothing similar in tracts; prohibit the city from leasing between local businesses and non- debates. existence, BIBA offered little more city-owned property to nonlocal profit organizations. than an untested idea. “One businesses; limit the number of After a while, letters in support of essential thing early on was having a While the marketing efforts have “formula” businesses (i.e., identical the CVA started pouring into the few landmark businesses on board,” raised consumer awareness, chains) that could locate within newspapers. One writer echoed the contends Milchen. “They gave me Milchen says “voting with your Boulder; and establish a public sentiments of many: “A downtown credibility when I walked in the dollars” has limits. “Chains have review process for approving new that is a destination will not be built door.” BIBA’s founding members used their economic and political large-scale retail stores. on the backs of the Borders or Starbucks or Cheesecake Factories included the Boulder Weekly and power to stack the deck,” he Backing the CVA was a big leap for of the world. It will be built by the several other well-known and contends, noting that many public BIBA’s members. Most business hard work and community loyalty of respected businesses. Another key policies-tax breaks for big retailers, owners are reluctant to take stands our local businesses.” was providing immediate, tangible land-use rules that favor sprawling on public policy. “When you run a benefits for joining. BIBA’s initial developments over central business retail business,” notes Ken Renner, An unprecedented number of peo-

18 B ERKELEY R EGION E XCHANGE AND D EVELOPMENT homegrown economics ple contacted the city council, with about the difference between acting local businesses. The city is now national network that will serve as supporters far out-numbering oppo- as an engaged citizen and merely examining zoning changes to help an incubator and support structure nents. Several public debates were being a consumer.” ensure that affordable commercial for local coalitions. widely attended and broadcasted on space remains available for entre- One way to measure BIBA’s impact The trends for local businesses are local television. “The CVA clearly preneurs. is to skim the newspapers. The dismal. But trends are not destiny. touched a chord with the communi- number of businesses that include Nearly a dozen other communities Increasing numbers of people are ty,” says Mayor Will Toor. The pro- “locally owned” in their ads has are now forming independent busi- acting to protect their communities posal, however, continues to be risen sharply. The city’s papers now ness alliances. Some were inspired from global economic consolida- debated by city officials. The local feature advertising sections specifi- by Boulder’s success; others arrived tion. The Boulder Independent purchasing preference will likely cally for locally owned businesses. at the idea independently. A new Business Alliance provides an inno- move forward this year, but the for- “Independent ownership has Salt Lake City alliance was instru- vative and hopeful model for mula business restriction faces a become a selling point,” says mental last year in blocking plans strengthening locally owned busi- more difficult road. Some officials Milchen. Boulder’s chain stores, for a sprawling shopping center. In nesses and building strong, self- are concerned that it will shift con- while no fewer in number, are tak- Vermont, general store owners are reliant communities. sumer spending to chains outside ing more heat. Last December, in an forming an alliance for joint pur- the city’s limits and taxing jurisdic- To learn more about the Boulder event unconnected to BIBA, 60 pro- chasing and marketing. In Tuscon, tion. Independent Business Alliance, read the testers marched on Borders Books restaurants have banded together full article by Stacy Mitchell on the Even if the CVA is never enacted, and Starbucks demanding an end to under the banner Tucson Originals Orion website at www.orionsociety.org. says David Bolduc, it was well corporate-driven globalization. to lower costs through group pur- worth the effort for the quality and Protesters have haunted Borders for chasing and build awareness of the This article originally appeared in scope of the public conversation it several months and, by some value of local restaurants to the Orion Afield, 187 Main Street, generated. Milchen says the CVA accounts, the store is struggling. city’s sense of place. To nurture this Great Barrington, MA 01230, “vastly increased the number of Mayor Toor believes BIBA has also fledgling movement, Milchen 888/909-6568, www.oriononline.org people familiar with the association made city officials more aware of recently launched the American ($30/year for 8 issues; 4 each of Orion and generated serious thinking the impact their decisions have on Independent Business Alliance, a and Orion Afield).o

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