Please Help Us Find a New Shop

Classes or Shop Hours

Our Club owns a lot of incredible equipment and we have people willing to teach us how to use it. All we need is an inexpensive permanent home for our shop. Please contact us if you know of a business or an individual that might be able to financially assist us or physically support our Club with a space. The Club can afford a nominal monthly rent to cover electricity and water.

Type of place we could use:

Guest house
Workshop or garage on someone’s property
Warehouse and/or office space

Requirements:

Preferably the Kent area, otherwise Renton or Covington
Approx. 1,000 sq ft.
Water
Electricity
Secure

If you have any questions or ideas on how we can relocate and expand our shop send an email to: president@cascademineralogicalsociety.org

Updated: January 3, 2018 — 9:04 pm

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