Hi Jennifer! I think it's certainly worth trying to engage with local government officials to see where their heads are at and learn how you can align what you're doing with the kinds of needs they're looking to address.
We know coworking is a tremendously powerful engine for economic development and job creation, which are things that anyone in government and politics should be interested in supporting, so there should be obvious opportunities for some kind of collaboration if you can get some dialogue going. Keep us posted on how it goes! Cheers, Tony *---* *Current projects:* *+ Cotivation <http://cotivation.co> - **Collaborative motivation and accountability program for coworking spaces.* *+ Coworking Community Revitalization Program <http://happymonster.co/2015/07/14/one-on-one-consults-to-help-you-revitalize-your-coworking-community/> - Piloting a limited series of one-on-one consultations with coworking space owners.* On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Citizen Space- Member Services Desk < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > Great Idea, let us know how we can help. Drop us an email so we can add > you to the space owners email list. > > > Toby > > -- > Citizen Space > Direct: 415-501-9155 > Skype: citizenspace > *http://www.citizenspace.us <http://www.citizenspace.us>* > Twitter: *http://twitter.com/citizenspace > <http://twitter.com/citizenspace>* > Facebook: *http://www.facebook.com/citizenspace > <http://www.facebook.com/citizenspace>* > "A Nicer Place to Work" > > > > On 7/14/15, 1:50 PM, "Jennifer Kready" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello from Round Rock Texas! > > I'm in business development to open Engage Cowork in Round Rock, Texas > (30-min north of downtown Austin). > > I've 'gone to the Hill' for Habitat for Humanity and wonder if the same > approach would work during Coworking Week? I have a small, but growing > cowork community that would be interested in participating in this, as > well. We also host cowork mornings 2x a week in different parts of the > county (there are 5 sizable cities/economies in the area) so we'd be > targeting those cities, as Engage will probably be the first cowork space > in this county. > > I'd enjoy hearing your thoughts, lessons learned and how-to's in > presenting coworking to politicians, economic directors, and business > leaders. In this area, I have to convince 'Big Boy' Hester (good ole > country boy) that coworking is a worthwhile investment (not really, but > that's the essence of what I'm working with, in a city that's coming into > its own as a distinct economy from Austin's). > > Website: www.EngageCowork.com <http://www.EngageCowork.com> > <http://www.EngageCowork.com> > Meetup: Engage for Entrepreneurs > <http://www.meetup.com/Engage-for-Entrepreneurs/> > <http://www.meetup.com/Engage-for-Entrepreneurs/> > Facebook: WilCo Coworking Community < > https://www.facebook.com/groups/WilCoCoworkingConnection/> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
