Hi, Sorry for disappearing, but I missed all of the replies in my inbox until I saw Fabio's this morning.
> What neighborhood are you looking to set up in? Two neighborhoods that I would like to look at it either in the areas of downtown that are being revitalized and Bardstown road. I can't think of too many other places here were I think it would turn out successful. A few things that might have changed since you were here is a growing technology community, local festivals (IdeaFestival, Forecastle Festival) on top of the local arts and medical community that you might remember. I think it is exactly that diversified mix that will help make this a successful attempt, but it will require that I get to talk with (just like anything) the right people that will grasp the benefits of such an idea. I truly hope that the person I'll be meeting with from the city will get it and I have to say so far from our phone calls it sounds like he does. For their size both Louisville and Lexington have a strong tech community in the area, it just happens that other things like college basketball, bourbon and horses attract most of the attention here. :D Though my meeting with him has been pushed back a few weeks, because my mind and heart is elsewhere as my Wife is getting ready to go to China for about 8 months, I'm really optimistic that this will get going here shortly. My hope is to start small, get it right and then I think everything else will fall in place (of course with some work to help it along). Fabio, thanks a bunch for sharing the slides. It always good to see what others are thinking and how they approach something. David, using the economic "driver" point is one of my arguments to the city. They spend allot of time going to Atlanta, Chicago trying to attract expats from Louisville to come back. I think for a city or region that is facing a brain drain the coworking concept (if done true to the idea) could help to reverse their situation. Tara, I take the the trend in informatics programs at colleges and universities as a good sign that such a diverse mix of disciplines could work. Thanks to everyone for the comments and hopefully soon I'll be reporting back some good news. Michael B. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
