Hello Coworking Community: I am the Director of a non-profit economic development agency called Western Arizona Economic Development District (WAEDD) that represents 23,502 square miles in La Paz, Mohave, and Yuma counties in Arizona. WAEDD is the pubic liaison portal for the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) and receives all of its funding from the federal government and community membership fees.
I am forming a Rural Enterprise Accelerator Program (REAP) that will incorporate Coworking in several rural communities as the second tier of a business incubator program for under-served rural economic communities. I am fortunate to have higher education support from three different colleges and the Arizona Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network. I also have some heavy lift from other non-profit and workforce development agencies. Public held well-known corporations are also pledging their support for rural Coworking spaces. I am open to suggestions from any Coworking site and input from more experienced Coworking mentors in the group. I have been lurking for about a year in the Coworking world and its now time for next steps. I look forward to any and all input -- and I would like to "pay forward" any of my lessons learned in this process. Cheers! Alan Pruitt Yuma AZ alan.pruitt AT waedd DOT info http://www.waeddblog.info --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
