URBAN ORE

Here at Urban Ore we are very lucky to have a dedicated gardener to help keep our grounds looking pleasant. Alice Green, an old friend..... The Urban Ore Building Materials Exchange (BMX) had split off from the landfill operations in 1980 and had already moved twice by 1983. The first site on San Pablo Avenue was sold, and Urban Ore was evicted. The second site, unfavorable for retail at the dead end of Fifth Street, was submerged in a hundred-year flood at the new year in 1982. Staff had to dig inventory out of the silt and retrieve lumber that had floated away. The third site, excellent for retail at the corner of Sixth and Gilman streets, had expansion potential, and BMX thrived there. It gradually grew from about a half-acre to two acres... Urban Ore's purpose was set in the 1990s by founder Dan Knapp and Board members Mary Lou Van Deventer and Michael Casady. That purpose, To End The Age of Waste, is now printed on every receipt that Urban Ore writes for its thousands of..

Primary location: Berkeley