FREE reflective tape

Ron and Dorothy Strasser

2006-05-11

FREE reflective tapeThat is a very kind offer. Congrats for thinking of others. ron
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From: Evan MacKenzie
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] FREE reflective tape

I have received a large quantity of reflective tape from The Sign Co. in downtown Hillsboro. I will cut it into more manageable pieces and bring it to Alpenrose Saturday morning. I will give it away free until it is gone. I have mostly blue and orange, and a little silver. Look for a guy, about 5' 6", with a black and tan/gold Timbuktu messenger bag in the spectator area.

How did I acquire all this stuff? Simple - I asked. The Sign Co. does a lot of work on ambulances and other public safety vehicles. They cut and install the reflective tape, and always have scraps left over. I asked them what they do with the scraps. Normally they toss scraps, but one of the employees happened to have been hoarding a bunch of it, in case there was a use for it. Well, I offered them an excellent use and they were more than happy to give me all their scraps, gratis. I dropped off my last batch at the Community Cycling Center, and now I have more.

Now I am sure my source is not the only place that does such work. If others were to look around at similar businesses I am sure you would find people happy to put scrap reflective tape to good use. This stuff is not cheap, by the way. I would estimate the retail value of the tape I got today at more than $200. The last batch I got was probably double that at a minimum.

One heck of a way to reduce, reuse, reCYCLE if you ask me.

See you Saturday morning.

-Evan

Evan MacKenzie

Urban Planner I

City of Hillsboro

150 E. Main Street, 4th floor

Hillsboro, OR 97123

503-681-6154

evanm@ci.hillsboro.or.us

http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Planning_Department/

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Evan MacKenzie

2006-05-10

I have received a large quantity of reflective tape from The Sign Co. in
downtown Hillsboro. I will cut it into more manageable pieces and bring
it to Alpenrose Saturday morning. I will give it away free until it is
gone. I have mostly blue and orange, and a little silver. Look for a
guy, about 5' 6", with a black and tan/gold Timbuktu messenger bag in
the spectator area.

How did I acquire all this stuff? Simple - I asked. The Sign Co. does a
lot of work on ambulances and other public safety vehicles. They cut and
install the reflective tape, and always have scraps left over. I asked
them what they do with the scraps. Normally they toss scraps, but one of
the employees happened to have been hoarding a bunch of it, in case
there was a use for it. Well, I offered them an excellent use and they
were more than happy to give me all their scraps, gratis. I dropped off
my last batch at the Community Cycling Center, and now I have more.

Now I am sure my source is not the only place that does such work. If
others were to look around at similar businesses I am sure you would
find people happy to put scrap reflective tape to good use. This stuff
is not cheap, by the way. I would estimate the retail value of the tape
I got today at more than $200. The last batch I got was probably double
that at a minimum.

One heck of a way to reduce, reuse, reCYCLE if you ask me.

See you Saturday morning.

-Evan

Evan MacKenzie
Urban Planner I
City of Hillsboro
150 E. Main Street, 4th floor
Hillsboro, OR 97123
503-681-6154
evanm@ci.hillsboro.or.us
http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Planning_Department/


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