Awesome to see it, Tony. :) I'm back in the Bay Area now, but was wondering how NWC was holding up. Glad to see you've got temporary space. :)
On Saturday, November 3, 2012 1:28:28 AM UTC-4, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > > You know the whole adage about how a coworking community is something that > still exists even when you burn the space down? Well, I luckily didn't have > to burn New Work City's space down to prove it true. In the aftermath of > Hurricane Sandy, we faced week-long outage of power, internet and transit-- > so, for all intents and purposes, we were hosed. > > Luckily, large parts of Brooklyn were relatively unaffected-- including > the home of the Brooklyn Brainery, an educational space run by two of the > most wonderful people I have the pleasure of knowing. They're moving to a > new space and opening a coworking space (hooray!), but for now, their > classroom space was available for use. > > They were kind enough to give me a key and show me how to run the space. > Before I knew it, New Work City had a temporary home in Brooklyn. I put the > word out to everyone, and it wasn't long before familiar faces were showing > up in an unfamiliar place. We peaked at about 20 people on Thursday. > > New faces mixed with old, but the spirit was no different. Good coffee was > discovered. Bodegas were raided. Beers were purchased. We were very much > alive, despite our space being plunged into darkness across the river. > > So far, nobody's complained; nobody's asked for a refund; nobody's been > anything but super supportive. It's given me a whole new perspective on > things. And I got to dream for a bit about having a space of my own in > Brooklyn. > > Cheers to community! > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > [image: Inline image 2] > > > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
