Our United Villages

Our United Villages is a non-profit agency dedicated to inspiring people to value and discover existing resources to strengthen the social and environmental vitality of communities. Our United Villages is comprised of Community Outreach, the ReBuilding Center, deconstruction services, ReFind Furniture, and a free pick-up service.

Community Outreach provides opportunities for people to come together to share their ideas to inspire practices that strengthen community.

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Our United Villages is a non-profit agency dedicated to inspiring people to value and discover existing resources to strengthen the social and environmental vitality of communities. Our United Villages is comprised of Community Outreach, the ReBuilding Center, deconstruction services, ReFind Furniture, and a free pick-up service.

Community Outreach provides opportunities for people to come together to share their ideas to inspire practices that strengthen community.

The ReBuilding Center accepts donations of reusable building materials and sells them to the community at 50-90% off retail value. Two-hundred and fifty visitors come to the ReBuilding Center everyday to browse the inventory that changes every 15 minutes. The ReBuilding Center and its services divert 6 million pounds of reusable building materials from landfills each year.

Deconstruction is a sustainable alternative to demolition by hand-dismantling complete structures and building components, making them available for reuse. They systematically deconstruct everything from kitchen cabinets to whole commercial buildings. They go to great lengths to keep materials out of the landfill, down to re-bagging insulation and de-nailing lumber.

Our pick-up service retrieves loads of pre-approved reusable building materials for free. They give tax-deductible receipts and pick up the equivalent of five 20 foot flat bed trucks per day.

ReFind Furniture demonstrates re-use by creating home furnishings from reclaimed materials. This furniture is sold to the community and on display in the showroom for inspiration. They also offer classes about creating and renovating using reusable building materials such as "make a table from a door", "power tools for women" and "concrete countertops 101." Categories:   Community Organizations

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