Any interesting outcomes of that working arrangement worth sharing?
-- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Monday, August 13, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Derek Neighbors wrote: > Alex, > > One of our Gangplank locations has City Staff (Economic Development) that > works out of the space once per week. > > -- > Derek > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > There have been threads about coworking spaces working with local > > governments, and (I think) examples of city officials joining coworking > > spaces…but I'm pretty excited about the fact that one of our members has > > just been recruited as Philadelphia's first Chief Data Officer as part of > > the city's push towards open data for citizens. > > > > http://technicallyphilly.com/2012/08/13/mark-headd-first-ever-city-of-philadelphia-chief-digital-officer > > > > We've played an active role in that initiative, and a very vocal supporter > > of some leaders in City Hall who have attempted to interact with the > > community in a way that's a bit more coworking-like. Mark's made it a point > > to say that he feels that in order for him to do this job effectively he > > wants to maintain strong ties to the community that supported him up > > through his appointment. > > > > Related, but separately, we're working on a program to invite city > > officials/workers to work from Indy Hall once a month as an opportunity to > > embed themselves in our community better as well > > > > This post is partially to share my personal excitement for this milestone > > in OUR community, and wondering if anyone else has similar success stories. > > > > > > I know that Gangplank has a very tight relationship with their local gov't > > and a number of other spaces have casual/functional relationships (a lot > > like we've had up until this point), but I'm wondering mostly about > > examples about embedding city officials in coworking spaces and vice/versa. > > > > -Alex > > > > -- > > /ah > > indyhall.org (http://indyhall.org) > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:coworking%[email protected]). > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- 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.
