Hi Francisco! How has your development progressed? I am just joining the network and looking to catalyze myself. Let me know if you have any tips!
Thanks, Nik On Nov 7, 11:24 pm, Fran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone: > > Just wanted to introduce myself as a new potential coworking > catalyst. I’m interested in establishing a space in Claremont, > California, a wonderful college town at the eastern edge of Los > Angeles County. The downtown “Village” area is ripe for a new > coworking space, with public transit links to Los Angeles, Pasadena, > and the Inland Empire; a walkable and bike-friendly layout; lots of > cafes, restaurants, and services; close proximity to the Claremont > Colleges (Pitzer, Scripps, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, and Harvey > Mudd), and many attractive buildings with vacant commercial and office > spaces. > > Most of my professional experience, including my current day job, is > in the environmental policy area–both government and academic. > Therefore, I have a lot to learn about running a small business and > addressing the needs of coworkers in less institutional careers. On > the other hand, I do have a strong background in the ins and outs of > sustainability. I am drawn to this project as a committed > telecommuter, strongly supported by my agency employers, but > constrained by an imperfect work-at-home setup. I am also a newly > minted Ph.D. looking for a new project to lose sleep over. :) > > I envision a hybrid space with both offices and a communal > environment, and perhaps one or two conference rooms. If possible, > I’d ideally like to offer discounts for community and environmental > nonprofit groups. The space will probably start small and develop on > a “grow as we go” basis, since I do not (yet) have much startup > capital to work with! > > Anyway, I’ll be monitoring this group with interest, and coming back > with lots of questions. Looking forward to talking with you all. > > Best, > Francisco > > “Let him who cannot be alone beware of community… Let him who is not > in community beware of being alone.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life > Together (New York: Harper & Row, 1954), 77. -- 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.
