Wow! What a year! Congrats!!!! T
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:12 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > It’s been a little more then a year since we opened our doors to serve > the small business, solopreneur, web developer, open source, and > everyone else who doesn’t fit into a ready made made mold/label. > During that year we grew from our initial 1250 square feet to 2500 > square feet, have made some changes and learned a lot of lessons. > > Over the past year we have hosted conferences that ranged from multi- > level marketing, open source hack fests, 7 Habits of Highly Effective > Teens, Professional Firefighters Unions, Safety Seminars, CPR Classes, > Lactation Seminars, Landscaping Seminar’s, Art Classes, History > Classes. As I write this there is a town hall/political action > committee meeting of Bail Bondsman taking place! > > We’ve had drop-ins and members that included; Attorney’s, Capital > Asset Manager’s, Landscape architects, IT architects, web developers, > graphic artists, film makers, property managers, pool company > managers, independent writers, tutors, firemen, printers, multi-level > marketers, sales people, event planners, telecom consultants, and many > more! > > We’ve had numerous open houses that have connected business with > business that resulted in jobs that stayed local and may otherwise > have never happened. We started and sponsored a meetup called Business > in the Burg that has grown to 70 members. That’s 70 creative local > business owners who may otherwise have never connected. We allow non- > profits free access to our spaces for board meetings to further > promote the sense of community that we are striving to create. > > We’ve sponsored, Pink Slip Specials (and still do) which allow laid > off workers 1 month of free 9-5 access to hang out and have some place > to focus and figure out what the next step in their life is. (Maybe > they will end up starting their own company) > > We’ve offered numerous free work days (every day it snows, it’s free > to work here), Inauguration Day was a free day, among others. > > We’ve been featured in the Free Lance Star twice, Commuter Connections > News Letters (We are a much greener alternative then driving 48 miles > North to DC) More Blogs then can be mentioned, a local radio program, > and have been mentioned as an “Alternative Work Site” by the > Washington Post. > > There is much work left to do! I can’t thank each of you who have been > involved in our success enough! We will continue to grow and serve the > creative class of our small region! > > -- > > 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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 514-679-2951 -- 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.
