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  1. About Tournevie

History

A few words on our history and where we've operated since 2015.

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Last updated 6 years ago

Where did we start? Where did we move to?

Tournevie was created in 2015. Here's a brief overview of our steady expansion through the years:

We created our asbl in early 2015. We launched a successful crowdfunding campaign in early Summer, and opened for the first time at MicroMarché (then at Quai à la Houille) in late September.

We left our first premises because a big project developer threw it down for new upmarket apartments. We then moved to the Marolles, in a building of the CPAS of Brussels in Rue Haute.

After a brief spell in the Marolles, we had to leave yet again. Luckily, one of our members works at community center Vaartkapoen. We partnered up with them and now use their spacious workshop!

While our main workshop can stay in Molenbeek until 2019, we had the opportunity to start a new antenna in Ixelles, in collaboration with Communa and the municipality. The start of many more?

The (s)crew who successfully started Tournevie. Photo credit: Sien Verstraeten
An impression of the opening party in December 2016.
One of our volunteers putting back tools in our inventory. Photo credit: Arnaud Ghys
Picture taken in full preparation for the opening party in September 2018