Alan, Have you heard about Gangplank in Chandler? If not then check out http://gangplankhq.com or swing by and come see how we do it.
Chris Conrey chrisconrey.com Human->Geek Relations at Integrum @conrey on Twitter On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:08 PM, alan.pruitt <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

