Home Maintenance Workshops

We equip homeowners with knowledge, resources, and confidence to maintain their homes and make informed housing decisions.
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Learn to affordably tackle your home’s maintenance and repair issues.

Our workshops foster self-empowerment, helping you build the confidence to tackle projects that keep your home safe, stable, and sustainable. Take control of your home maintenance by participating in hands-on educational workshops.

Our instructors have the skills and lived experience to repair and maintain homes. They are eager to share their knowledge to help you identify, repair, and prevent small issues from becoming unsafe or critical.

Our Education Offerings

Every workshop is free, hands-on, and open to Kalamazoo County residents at any skill level.
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Home Owner Essentials

The core skills every homeowner needs to feel confident, from water heaters to heating systems. 

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Lunch & Learn

A quick midday session on one practical topic, lunch included. One hour, no homework, real answers.
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Home for Life

Practical updates that keep your home safe and comfortable as your needs change over time.

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Her Home, Her Power

Learn hands-on skills to handle repairs yourself, with support from people who get it.

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Roots & Renewal

Care for what surrounds your home, from the yard to the long-term upkeep that keeps it thriving.

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Seasonal

Get ahead of what’s coming, whether that’s frozen pipes in January or gutter cleaning in October.
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Youth & Families

Learn together, build together. Hands-on sessions designed for families to take on side by side.

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Even if I don’t end up doing the work, I at least have an understanding of what’s going on and being done.

Instructor was very knowledgeable. He’s funny also, he kept the class interesting.

Very useful hands on demonstrations; plus excellent product and tool info to address lots of different problems.

Great info! I'm ready to get to work on my problem lawn!

I liked it and feel more competent.

I really appreciate all the hand-outs. This will allow me to review as i do the different projects.

Terrific! especially useful was the warning about spontaneous combustibility of oil-laden rags.

Our classes, on your time.

Our Workshop Library has recordings of past sessions, organized by topic, so you can learn at your own pace. Search for the project you’re tackling and follow along step by step, whenever it’s convenient.

Learned the skill? Now borrow the tool.

Our Tool Library lends over 600 tools to Kalamazoo County residents, from cordless drills to leaf blowers, so you can put your workshop skills to work without buying equipment you’ll use twice.