Ridgewood Commons Media Assets

• Facade pictures
• Textures and Type
• Comps
• Donation platform level images
• General Info Sign
• Funding Support Link Sign Short v1
• Link Sheet - Financial Support, Socials, Nonsocials
• Funding Support Link Sign Long v1
• Link Sheet - Rental and Programming

Facade pictures

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Textures and Type

Site type

• From a typewriter
• JetBrains mono - https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ 

Textures and analog type

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Paper bg, should tile vertically well

Transparent "dirty" png logo

Comps

Withfriends cover image

Donation platform level images

Original b/w marker images currently used for withfriends.events donation levels

Actual icons were layered with semi-random colors and comped

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General Info Sign

Welcome to Ridgewood Commons

Ridgewood Commons is a space for mutual aid, community building, and collective learning & experimentation.

Governance & Groups

Ridgewood Commons operates under a spokes council governance model, with the goal of fostering cooperative skill building, diverse community representation and influence, and organizational resilience.

Current spokes groups:
Food Pantry, Gym (Ridgewood Commons Strength), READgewood Tutoring, Spokescouncil Planning, Sunday Dinners, Tech Collective, Writing Workshop, Yoga and Meditation, Commmunications & Tech, Finance, Fundraising & Grants, Programming & Rentals, Facilities

Programming

We host free community programs and projects year-round, including: a Food Pantry, Communal Sunday Dinners, Film Screenings, a Community Gym, Yoga & Meditation, a Maker Space, Writers’ Workshop, Reading Groups, Arts & Crafts Workshops, a CSA, along with Talks and other skill-sharing and educational events.

Rentals

The space can be rented for a variety of purposes: from presentations and workshops, to parties and as a film/photography shooting location.

Funding Support Link Sign Short v1

Support Ridgewood Commons

The transition of stewardship of 585 Woodward has put us, Ridgewood Commons, in a difficult financial position, and your support, however small, is much needed and greatly appreciated

Link Sheet - Financial Support, Socials, Nonsocials

Support Ridgewood Commons

Community support and space rentals keep the Ridgewood Commons doors open and refrigerators running - every contribution helps. You can donate cash in the donation jar, or become a monthly sustaining contributor via Withfriends or Patreon.

Socials - Instagram / Bluesky

Please give us a follow and/or re-share our posts to help our reach grow.

Email list / Signal Group

Join our email list or community announcements Signal group if you'd prefer to not rely on social media. The email list is currently for occasional updates and announcements, the signal group is more active, and better suited for staying up to date on weekly programming.

Funding Support Link Sign Long v1

Support Ridgewood Commons

Physical noncommercial space is so profoundly rare in New York City. Ridgewood Commons is dedicated to being open to all - a place you don’t have to buy a $8 coffee to sit for a few hours to read or talk with your friends.

We’re here at this party to announce Ridgewood Commons - introduce the projects currently housed here and have a nice time with each other. But we’re also here because we very seriously need to fundraise.

It would be great if money didn’t come into the picture at all. But the reality is that this space is big and while we have a good deal on the space, the rent is still considerable. $6k every month - well below market rate especially these days in Ridgewood, but no small sum. And as a new formation, we have a pretty small financial runway.

If you can toss us some money tonight through cash, Venmo, whatever you’ve got, we are truly grateful. And we know that funds are tight and the job market sucks. But what we really ask is if you can make a recurring donation of whatever size works for you. Having regular recurring expenses coming in gives us financial stability and a real fighting chance at a long future in Ridgewood.

If you care about this project, you are not an observer or a consumer. You’re part of it. If you want RC to be reliably around the corner from your home, robust and powerful, make a recurring donation through Withfriends or Patreon.

Link Sheet - Rental and Programming

RC Space Rental

Ridgewood Commons can be rented for a variety of purposes: from presentations, workshops, and fundraisers, to parties and as a film/photography shooting location. Complete the form to submit a request.

Community Based Programming

Ridgewood Commons aims to offer programming that is both inspired by and responsive to New York City, Ridgewood, and the community members who frequent the space.   Do you have a skillshare you'd like to host? A solidarity project that needs meeting space?   Some programming that has emerged from community: Circuit Hacking, Letter Writing to Political Prisoners, Writing Workshop, Common Threads (mending & crafting circle).   Complete the form to submit a request.