Saturday Mackenzie and I met with two potential instructors, James Green and Amanda Mahan. We talked with them for about an hour out on the patio at the Main Library. James and Amanda have planty of great ideas and Mackenzie and I both think they will be great teachers. James is planning on teaching screen printing and Amanda plans on teaching, among other things, sewing your own diapers. Each of these two class examples emphasize making your own stuff instead of buying it.

Looking for store space has been, to this point, one of the most discouraging things about getting Assemble started. We do have high expectations for our space in terms of location, size and atmosphere. Unfortunately, cool factor and rent are directly proportional. For every dollar save on rent, the cool factor on your place goes down.

We are slowly moving along trying to make right decisions about where to put the store and what type of space to lease. We’ve looked at space in Murray Hill, Whiteway (Park and King), Five Points and Downtown. We are finding that for a 1000-1500 sq/ft space in one of these areas we are looking at around $1700-$2800/month.

We feel like it’s just a matter of time before we find a the space we are looking for. Either that or we’ll get tired of looking and just pull the trigger on a close enough match.