Wicked cool stuff from both of you guys. Thanks for sharing. -Alex
-- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Monday, August 13, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Derek Neighbors wrote: > Alex, > > I think we see the City more involved because of it. There has been > discussion about how to get more staff to have it as an option. At one of > our other sites having the interaction changed city requirements to allow > people to run home based businesses. Most cities have ordinances that > prevent the typical startup in your garage. The City of Chandler based on > interaction with participants at Gangplank have created a way to get a zoning > clearance to accommodate this. > > http://www.chandleraz.gov/content/HomeBusinessApplication.pdf > > It still isn't flexible enough, but it is a start. > > -- > Derek Neighbors > Gangplank > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > Any interesting outcomes of that working arrangement worth sharing? > > > > > > -- > > /ah > > indyhall.org (http://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] > > (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. 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