BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) It may look like a normal bike shop from the outside but on the inside this nonprofit is doing great things for the community and environment. Waterside Workshops in Berkeley is refurbishing bicycles that would otherwise end in the landfill and giving them to children and locals in need. We exclusively deal with used bicycles and they are brought to us as donations, said Catherine Callaway, Program Manager at Street Level Cycles. We try to make sure that people who really need it have access to a bicycle.
For the past five years, Waterside Workshops has been receiving bike donations from community members. Recently, the nonprofit was able to provide 85 refurbished bicycles to local organizations.