Almost accidentally, I’m exploring this with BEAHIVE For several months I’ve been actively looking to add new locations and through that process have been talking to a couple affordable housing/community development nonprofits in the region (NY’s Hudson Valley).
They were both already, separately, in the process of refurbishing a historic building for economic development and community building purposes. BEAHIVE would manage part or all of the common spaces. One is focused on artists/creatives (with 50+ live/work lofts) and we already submitted a fairly significant creative placemaking "Innovation Grant” given by a national organization. That collaboration inspired me to connect with a different national group that does similar "artist-led community transformation" projects around the country. I’m not sure if they would necessarily be considered cohousing, but I guess it’s a somewhat nebulous term like coworking. I founded BEAHIVE nearly 5 years ago and have had 3 locations (currently, 2) and these potential partnerships have excited me more than anything to date. So, yeah, I agree the intersection makes a lot of sense. scott. - -- - SCOTT TILLITT PR yogi + social entrepreneur + community catalyst + meditator // [email protected] / 917.449.6356 / Twitter BEAHIVE sign up for BEAHIVE BZZZ collaborative spaces for work + community // beahivebzzz.com / Facebook / Twitter RE>THINK LOCAL co-creating a better Hudson Valley // rethinklocal.org / Facebook / Twitter ANTIDOTE COLLECTIVE socially conscious communications for a better world // antidotecollective.org - -- - t h i n k / f e e l - -- - "...an idea or product that deserves the label 'creative' arises from the synergy of many sources and not only from the mind of a single person." — Mihaly Csikszentmihaly On Jan 11, 2014, at 3:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Cohousing and Coworking > Wendy Willbanks Wiesner <[email protected]> Jan 09 01:46PM > -0800 > > Hello--I interface with existing, expanding and forming cohousing > communities all over the country, working to make them more affordable, > accessible and attainable. I have come to believe that coworking and > cohousing go together like almond butter and honey. What immediately > comes to mind is that most cohousing communities have common houses where > coworking would make a lot of sense. Has anyone else explored this > intersection of community-oriented living and community-style working? > > Chad Ballantyne <[email protected]> Jan 10 09:22AM -0500 > > Check out Indy Halls K-housing > http://house.indyhall.org/ > > 5-Mile Post has a great model as well.http://milepost5.net/ > > Peace, > Chad > > > > Please consider supporting our Indiegogo Campaign > > Chad Ballantyne > 705.812.0689 > [email protected] > > > > > Barrie's Coworking Community > Perfect for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. > 12 Dunlop St E, Barrie Ontario, L4M 1A3 > Memberships start at $25/mth > www.thecreativespace.ca > 705-812-0689 > > > Alex Hillman <[email protected]> Jan 10 10:01AM -0500 > > Thanks for the mention, Chad! > > > It's worth mentioning that although the K'House website looks abandoned > (and it is), the project absolutely is still alive. In fact, I'll be moving > into one of our houses next weekend. > > The short version of the story is this: after about 12 months of community > building and raising the funds to build our first home, things got caught > in zoning (which we expected, it was just worse than we thought it would > be). After close to 2 years of talking about what we were *going *to do, we > decided to shut up and make some progress so we could talk about what we've > done...and *then about* what comes next. > > Which, I'm happy to say, is where we are right about now :) > > My #1 takeaway so far is that cohousing done right - as a process, as an > experience, and as a business - moves a *lot* slower than coworking. Having > this project force us to go back to the drawing board a few times, and > think hard about what's really important to make the project succeed, I've > learned a TON about the community building side (similarities and > differences to coworking), as well as the business side of building homes. > I'll have a lot more to share over the course of this year. > > My #2 takeaway is that the coworking and cohousing communities are barely > aware of each other, if at all, which is a shame because there's a lot they > can learn from each other! > > So it's awesome to meet you here, Wendy, and would really like to find out > more about your experiences. Where are you based out of? > > -Alex > > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
