Concerned Citizen’s Collective
Property partner: Michael Baker
17 Tory Street
To apply to use or see current events go to: www.concerncitizens.co.nz

The first space brokered by Letting Space for another independent organisation occurred prior to the formal establishment of the service Urban Dream Brokerage, but its a vital part of the Letting Space and Urban Dream Brokerage story.

17 Tory Street is an open source community gallery space which opened in April 2012 and has since seen 100s of events, performances, workshops, swaps and discussions pass through.

Now over four years old it has become a vital part of Wellington’s creative ecology, and has had particular importance as providing an open space for vital collectives to grow. Decisions on use are made collectively using the online decisions making tool Loomio Letting Space had its office at Tory Street from late 2012 to early 2015.

From the website: “We get excited by words like participation, diversity, engagement, collaboration, inclusion, and community. 17 Tory St is not a traditional gallery or venue for people to deposit art or performances into. We want to get to know you! We hope for it to be a space where you can share your passion with other creative people. We’re going to say ‘yes’ to as many proposals as we possibly can.