by Scott Buga | Jul 1, 2021 | News
Your favorite local salvage warehouse needs your help defending our Best Green Business title in Washington City Paper’s annual poll! You’ve named us Best Green Business every year since 2014 and we’d love it if you did so again! This year’s...
by Scott Buga | Apr 22, 2021 | News
Sitting outside on a cold and windy April Day at Community Forklift, I spy cardboard tumbleweed as the breeze picks up detritus from someone loading building materials into their truck. The ground cover here is a mix of industrial odds and ends and bits of leaves,...
by Scott Buga | Mar 15, 2021 | News
PLEASE NOTE: Applications for our Board of Directors are now closed. Thank you for your interest! March 15, 2021 Community Forklift is seeking extraordinary people to join our Board of Directors to guide us into our next era of success and community empowerment....
by Scott Buga | Feb 1, 2021 | News
A different sort of brick shipment recently occupied the loading dock at Community Forklift. On January 27 we palletized nearly 600 pounds of LEGOs! How did all those blocks end up here? In the fall of 2020, Maeve, a DC high school student, came across a video of...
by Scott Buga | Dec 22, 2020 | News, Reuse Inspiration
Hair stylist Felipe Rettig used salvaged home improvement materials from Community Forklift to build a shed for his home-based hair salon, Open-Air Hair Care. Photo by Rick Reinhard. Community Forklift provides free and low-cost home improvement materials to the...
by Scott Buga | Nov 24, 2020 | News
Maybe everything seems a bit slower during this Pandemic. Without as many places to go, things to do and folks to see, there is more time to invest in the activities of daily life. We’ve been seeing that impact here at Community Forklift with more folks working on...
