I wanted to share this idea sent to me by our Outreach librarian Kelly Rembert. It might help you locate needed items and make trades for stuff you don't need. If you are not part of a local municipality, you could share it with your mayor, etc. Best, Dave Listings app lets local governments trade equipment: MuniRent wants to encourage city councils to take advantage by pooling their resources and lending them to each other. 31 Jul 2014 Spotted by ( http://www.springspotters.com/) Murray Orange, written by Springwise Peer-to-peer lending has already hit a wide range of industries, from audio-visual equipment ( http://www.springwise.com/peer-to-peer-rentals-audio-visual-equipment/) business goods ( http://www.springwise.com/sharing-marketplace-business/) , enabling those who can’t afford to own limited use items to lend them from others in their community. Now MuniRent ( https://www.munirent.co/) wants to encourage city councils to take advantage by pooling their resources and lending them to each other. The platform is available as a free-to-use website and an app for both iOS and Android ( href=) devices, and enables municipalities to list any equipment they’re willing to loan. Each listing includes details such as the make and model, how old it is, whether transportation or an operator can be included, and the price of rental per day. Other local authorities can then browse the app and quickly arrange to hire the equipment they need for a typically lower price than commercial rental. The site currently offers items such as diggers, specialist trucks, street cleaning vehicles and pavement rollers. Councils often spend money on expensive equipment that is used for occasional projects but otherwise sits in storage. MuniRent helps authorities to cut their operation costs and even create a new revenue source by lending out their unused items. Are there other industries that are still to take advantage of P2P sharing? Website: www.munirent.co Contact: www.munirent.co/contact Article can be found at: http://www.springwise.com/listings-app-lets-local-governments-trade-equipmen... David L. Ewick City Librarian Southfield Public Library 26300 Evergreen Southfield, Michigan 48076 248 796-4300 dewick@sfldlib.org P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.