Aaron, My old college stomping grounds! I'm so glad to hear that fiber finally went through. I remember there being quite a fight over it. I've said to a number of people that I know around town that I really think Lafayette is primed to join in on coworking. I even have a couple of friends around lafayette that themselves really want to get a coworking space started. I've already mentioned this email to them and they'd love to get in contact with you.
Given the stage that your in, beginning planning and what not, my thought for you would be to, rather than begin work on trying to put together a coworking space, begin work on trying to put together a coworking community. That's one of the things that I and some others who just opened our doors recently have been finding out. Through different situations and what not, it seems that the common thing has been that we had opportunities on space and took them, figuring that it might be easier to build community that way... I won't speak for the others, but I know that our experience has seemed a bit more up hill because we had the space, now we're working on the community. I don't know what kind of community you have around town already, but definitely going in with a strong backing seems to help, and it's all work you'll have to do afterwards anyway. If you put your efforts into bringing people together and getting a solid foundation of coworkers going, then let the space come out of that, my guess is that you'll have more luck and see more visible progress. Glad to hear it's going on down there though, and if you don't mind I'd like to pass an email on to the friends in Lafayette who are also themselves working on the idea. Matthew On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Chris Johnston<[email protected]> wrote: > Aaron, > You should contact the guys at launchpadnola.com. I know that throught > Net2NO.com we have some contacts in Lafayette that might be able to help you > connect with the larger tech community. > > Christopher M. Johnston > 504.208.1766 > http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnston > > *If Sent, Replied To, or originated from a mobile device, I apologize ahead > of time for spelling, brevity, and / or grammatical errors :-) > > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:21 AM, ajlozier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I am a web developer in Lafayette, Louisiana who is starting to work >> with others on creating a coworking space in our town. We feel this >> is an especially opportune time after the recent launch of a city-wide >> fiber optic network which allow us access to some of the fastest >> internet speeds in the country. http://lusfiber.org/ >> >> Right now we are at the planning stage and may soon be seeking >> financing to rent a space. Just basically introducing myself to the >> group and will keep everyone posted of our progress. Very much >> looking forward to hearing of everyone's experiences and ideas. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Aaron Lozier >> Lafayette, LA >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
