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What was meant to be a complete multifunctional space from the get-go, Mon Atelier de Quartier opened a mere three weeks prior to the pandemic and the first lockdowns of 2020, and that stymied its organizers’ original plans to create a communal workbench for all Montrealers in the form of a permanent Do-It-Yourself (DIY) repair space.
Having bided their time with a zero-waste coffee shop and micro grocery store for local goods upstairs, as well as workshops on anything from learning how to sew and baking bread from scratch to making your own toothpaste or deodorant and starting a garden, the workshop is now open. That represents a return to the organization’s main mission, to empower people with repairing skills to reduce waste.