Hi Nik - I am meeting this week with a couple of interested local folks. I intend to keep moving forward slowly over the next few months--I have minimal time and resources to spend on this! Nevertheless, from the interest expressed so far, it looks this might be a viable project.
Thanks for checking in, Francisco On Nov 22, 10:31 pm, Niksta <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
