STATUS: Open

SERVICE AREA: City of Detroit, but individual tool library locations may have their own eligibility requirements and service areas.

CLIENTS SERVED: Detroit residents, registered block clubs, neighborhood associations, community organizations, and other groups participating in neighborhood cleanup, beautification, and revitalization projects. Access and fees vary depending on whether the borrower is a City-registered community group or an individual resident.

DESCRIPTION: The Serve Detroit Tool Library Program provides access to tools and equipment that residents and community groups can use for neighborhood cleanup, beautification, landscaping, gardening, and maintenance projects. The City partners with community organizations to operate tool libraries at locations throughout Detroit. Registered block clubs and community organizations can borrow tools at no charge for community projects. Individual residents may also be able to borrow tools, with fees, depending on the tool library.

SERVICES / PROGRAMS:

• Tool Lending: Hand tools, gardening and landscaping equipment, power tools, wheelbarrows, weed whackers, saws, and other equipment are available depending on the participating location’s inventory.
• Community Projects: Tools are intended to support neighborhood cleanups, beautification, vacant-lot improvements, gardening, landscaping, and other community improvement projects.
• Tool Safety & Training: Participating tool libraries may provide safety training, workshops, and guidance on proper tool use. The E. Warren Tool Library specifically offers tool safety training, community workshops, open shop hours, project-management support, and mobile tool libraries.
• Mobile Tool Support: Some participating libraries have mobile tool units that can bring equipment to neighborhood projects.

CURRENT TOOL LIBRARY LOCATIONS:

• Bailey Park Tool Library
  877-224-5390, 2617 Joseph Campau Ave., Detroit, MI 48207, hello@baileyparkndc.org
  Bailey Park Facebook Page
  Bailey Park Neighborhood Development Corporation operates this location in partnership with the City and provides free landscaping and maintenance tools, training, and guidance.
• E. Warren Tool Library
  313-757-2670, 15631 E. Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48224, e.warrentool@mcgroundscrew.org
  East Warren Facebook Page
  The library offers free Serve Detroit membership, as well as paid membership options for nonprofits and neighborhood associations.
• Premier Group Associates
  (313)-963-1700, 2221 Bellevue Street, Detroit, MI, 48207, subs@pgalc.com
  Premier Group Facebook Page
  One of the original Serve Detroit tool-library locations. This Tool Library is only available to the Department of Neighborhood Detroit Block Club Districts 1-7.

HOW TO APPLY:

• Detroit-registered block clubs and community organizations: Contact a participating tool library to register and arrange tool checkout. Registered block clubs/community associations receive free membership and tool use for community projects.
• Individual residents: Contact the individual tool library directly to ask about membership, fees, available tools, and current borrowing requirements. Individual access and pricing are not necessarily the same at every location.