Recycling Black Rock City into new homes!

In September, 2006, hundreds of Black Rock City residents took their theme camps apart and, for the first time, didn't burn them. Instead, working with Habitat For Humanity, the scrap lumber was recovered and donated to help build housing for needy, low income families.

BWB volunteers, along with DPW, Burning Man staff and many, many others, spent days sorting and organizing it all. All told, the donations totaled 42 units of lumber, filling six semi trucks! It was worth over $50,000, the largest single donation to Reno HFH in history.

Many, many thanks to everyone who made this happen, esp. Steveo for making the connection with Habitat for Humanity, Lisa/Shaleen for making the great signs and flyers, and Big Stick and the DPW, and the rest of BM staff, for pulling our ass out of the wringer when we ( not surprisingly ) got overwhelmed with the amount of donated material. The full story ran on page A2 but there was also a "teaser" on the front page that had the lead to the story with a picture of the mother and daughter that will live in one of the homes being built. Two photos ran, nice coverage overall. And it was a pretty special moment to meet the family that will be living in one of the homes made from all those disassembled theme camps.