I just wanted to send my encouragement to you! I would to invite you down to Fort Wayne - or we could meet half-way in between - in Warsaw for a meeting!
Thanks, Jodi Dean On Apr 2, 11:24 am, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: > David, > You've got a really inspirational story here: > > One of their key goals is to create work for the unemployed -- 18 percent of > > > the Elkhart County work force -- matching them with people needing their > > skills and willing to temporarily hire them. > > "This is one thing you can do, you can give them some work," said > > > Shrock-Shenk, a Goshen consultant active in civic affairs. "The unemployed > > people have skills and assets, so it's a fair exchange." > > It doesn't stop there. Shrock-Shenk also envisions: > > * Recruiting the unemployed with the requisite skills to help the public> > plant backyard gardens, for a fee. > > * Creating a "recovery workshop" to help the unemployed deal with the shock> > of losing their jobs. > > * An initiative aimed at retrofitting Elkhart County homes to boost their> > energy efficiency. > > * A detailed analysis of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to > > > determine what sort of federal stimulus funding Elkhart County can tap. > > This is what a good community is all about. > > Best of luck and do keep us posted! You are setting a great example for how > community organizers can help foster healthy growth in a local economy. > > Best,Tony Bacigalupo > ------------------------ > Coworking:http://nwcny.com > Book: http://imouttaherethebook.com > Recession:http://runwayproject.org > Personal: http://tonybacigalupo.com > > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:06 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, friends: > > > I believe I sent an introduction early, as is the custom with this group. > > I hope so. In any case, I'm including a link that introduces Goshen > > Bricolage through an article in the local newspaper. > > >http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?ID=478679 > > > Goshen is a fairly small town, maybe 30,000 residents in Elkhart County, > > which has gained notoriety as the "white hot center" of the national > > recession. Our official unemployment in the county is 18%. Many workers > > here has irregular official status. Our real unempoyment here is probably > > closer to 25% > > > This has proven to be a real blow to my hopes for Goshen Bricolage. Folks > > who were on the verge of signing a lease for the space where Bricolage > > exists (about 2500 sq ft) backed out. So while I always hoped to have a > > small 1000 sq ft coworking space, circumstances have pushed me to develop a > > larger space. > > > Necessity being the mother of invention, I decided to form a new > > organization to fill the space. That sounds totalitarian. I decided to > > form a new organization to help fill a social need. The new organization is > > located in Bricolage. Call it social entrepreneurism. An article about > > that effort is below. > > >http://www.etruth.com/Know/News/Story.aspx?ID=479376 > > > Reading this group every day has been a huge inspiration. Although I don't > > respond, I have been cheered by membership here, and I send good thoughts > > and best wishes to everyone else who is engaged in this good work. > > > Yours in peace, > > > David > > Goshen Bricolage > > 206 South Main Street, Suite One > > Goshen, IN 46526 > > (574) 534-0903 > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------ > > New Low Prices on Dell Laptops - Starting at > > $399<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220433304x1201394525/aol?red...>- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
