{"id":146579,"date":"2026-03-24T03:03:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146579\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T03:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:03:32","slug":"the-resource-exchange-is-philadelphias-creative-reuse-center-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/146579\/","title":{"rendered":"The Resource Exchange is Philadelphia&#8217;s creative reuse center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Philadelphia, Pa &#8212; The Resource Exchange is Philadelphias creative reuse center, established in 2009 by Karyn Gerred to address the waste generated by the theater and film industry. &#8220;Any play, any movie that you see, all of the scenes all of the backdrops, everything that has to be made to create that environment,&#8221; explains Gerred. &#8220;Very short-term productions, long term consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Although the Resource Exchange still offers plenty of props, it has expanded to include supplies for many different types of creatives. &#8220;We often say&#8217;everything from two-by-fours to glitter,'&#8221; says Gerred. &#8220;The sheer amount of just good, useful, valuable materials that someone could be using to make other things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Unlike typical thrift or resale stores, where profits fund the mission, The Resource Exchange itself is at the forefront of its cause. &#8220;Our focus is really on art and the environment,&#8221; Gerred emphasizes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Resource Exchange is open to everyone from teachers and builders to those who simply want to start a new hobby without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia, Pa &#8212; The Resource Exchange is Philadelphias creative reuse center, established in 2009 by Karyn Gerred to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[245,69,71,70,66554,66555,66556],"class_list":["post-146579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-evergreen","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-resource-exchange","tag-reuse-center","tag-the-resource-exchange"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}