Facility Plan

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Intro

This page should address how Free Geek's Facility might change over the next 3-5 years so that we can better fulfill our mission and live up to our principles.

Facilities

• How did we get all this space?

5000 on 10th ave.(middle 1/3d)

-> 10000 added the whse (north 1/3d)

-> 15000 added the classroom and store (south 1/3d)

Space Usage

• Space Usage Meetings

current plan and what it has grew out of

• zoning

In the council meeting We decided on a Zoning structure for Free Geek

• flow

The flow at Free Geek Jumps around alot. One idea to change this is the Lean Free Geek idea.

SWOTs

Please define a goal for this SWOT

	Good (for Free Geek)	Bad (for Free Geek)
Internal (to Free Geek)	Strengths: Strengths are advantages we have that are internal to Free Geek and helpful to achieving the objective. (Good things we do.) we would have a better chance at getting grants. second	Weaknesses: Weaknesses are problems we have that are internal to Free Geek and harmful to achieving the objective. (Things we do poorly or not at all.) Informing the public of a move takes allot of energy second
External (to Free Geek)	Opportunities: Opportunities are advantages we have that are external to Free Geek and helpful to achieving the objective. (Good things that will or could happen to us.) the sweetest location could come up just as we get enough money in the pot someone might be looking to buy a building for a origination like us	Threats: Threats are problems we have that are external to Free Geek and harmful to achieving the objective. (Bad things that will or could happen to us.) the real estate market fluctuates prices could be peeking as we are ready to buy the market could plummet after we buy

See also Trends and Attributes | What do we want to do?

Please define a goal for this SWOT

	Good (for Free Geek)	Bad (for Free Geek)
Internal (to Free Geek)	Strengths: Strengths are advantages we have that are internal to Free Geek and helpful to achieving the objective. (Good things we do.) we would have more space to flex into We are here every day so expanding in the space can happen over a long period of time.	Weaknesses: Weaknesses are problems we have that are internal to Free Geek and harmful to achieving the objective. (Things we do poorly or not at all.) We would be landlords We would have to make the location handicap accessible (spending money on a building that is not ours)
External (to Free Geek)	Opportunities: Opportunities are advantages we have that are external to Free Geek and helpful to achieving the objective. (Good things that will or could happen to us.) Landlord decides to give us the building because we are such awesome tenets. second	Threats: Threats are problems we have that are external to Free Geek and harmful to achieving the objective. (Bad things that will or could happen to us.) Landlord decides to sell the building and we dont have the money to purchase second

See also Trends and Attributes | What do we want to do?

Related Documents

• 3 - 5 year plan and Vision Statement
• Long Term Strategy Process
• Meta Question
• Hiring Strategy
• General Priorities
• Space Usage