Hi all, I just wanted to update this thread, as I am indeed moving to Fayetteville in April. I've got lots of ideas on how to make coworking happen there, from more coffee shop meetups to a popup space to working with the city, and will be trying to make something happen starting in the spring.
More soon! On Friday, November 22, 2013 1:54:50 PM UTC-5, Alicia Hurst wrote: > > I wanted to post a link to the local coworking group I started in > Fayetteville, NC in case anyone knows someone in the area who'd like to > join. It's http://meetup.com/fayetteville-coworking. > > We have no dedicated space, but in the span of a week, a bunch of us came > together, agreed upon a recurring time and place, and began coworking > together at a coffee shop! We're working together at a big table at the > spacious, modern Marquis Market <http://marquismarket.com/> from > 10am-3pm, Tuesdays through Thursdays. > > I am <http://aliciahurst.com> a member of New Work City <http://nwc.co>in > NYC, but have been spending most of the late fall here in North > Carolina, and may be moving here next year. There are a dozen coworking > spaces in the Carolinas, but none in Fayetteville, which is about 60 miles > south of Raleigh. I figure that even if I don't end up moving here, if I > can plant the seed that forms the community, it would at least expose the > metro area to the idea and perhaps get the ball rolling for others even if > I am not ultimately part of it. And we are in wholehearted agreement of a* > community first* model. The space will come later, if/when. > > So far we have 9 coworkers, 4-5 of whom show up on any given day. Other > than one fellow coworker (an IndyHall <http://indyhall.com> alum), the > rest of the members are completely new to coworking! We're hoping to have > at least 12 members by the end of the year. I'm working on promoting the > group in various ways, but suggestions are always welcome. So yeah, a good > start for less than a month's worth of work. :) > > Thanks for reading and sharing! > -- 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.
