Thank you for the update and I'm looking forward to seeing where you go from here!
Jacob On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Jenifer Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > *A Letter from Jen & Tom* > *Thank you for Taking This Journey With Us* > > Six years ago, when W@tercooler existed only as sketches and lists in > Jen's notebooks, and she was looking for the “next thing” to do with her > career, the idea of W@tercooler was born. We knew we wanted to create a > shared work space where everyone felt welcome and inspired to chase > whatever their ‘next thing” was — a place that was warm and welcoming, > collaborative and inclusive. > > After finally setting on our location in downtown Tarrytown we set out to > to design a supportive environment that was all about functionality and > thoughtful design, while still retaining that feeling of comfort and > hominess. We opened our doors in June of 2011 with six members, and have > over these five years been graced with hundreds of people who have called > W@tercooler “home”, met clients, attended a workshop, or just dropped in > to work or send a fax. > > That first day was a white knuckle ride, wondering if anyone was going to > show up. But folks did, and as word spread of the new place in town where > you could escape the solitude (and never-ending distractions) of the home > office and find other like-minded folks, the sketches in the notebooks and > our vision truly grew into what would soon become our signature brand. > > W@tercooler turned into a true community hub for working, learning and > gathering — offering a place to share ideas, insights and skills as well as > creations of pixels, paint, melodies and words. Amazing things happened > here on a daily basis - and we are very proud of that. > > Along the way, we have struggled with the size of our space, dreaming of > the day we would have a location large enough for all the functions, events > and programming we initially envisioned for W@tercooler. > > We came to a crossroad recently and had to make a hard decision. Our lease > was almost up and even though we had an amazing opportunity to expand to a > larger space, we needed to take a step back and examine our business model, > and rather than begin again in a larger space while still struggling with > the same issues, we’ve decided to close our existing space and spend some > time envisioning what W@tercooler 2.0 might look like in the future — the > version that has the financial backing, a partner component, and the > advisor-support that will allow us to fulfill that larger vision first > conceived of in those notebooks. So stay tuned... The future is bright! > > While it truly saddens us to close our doors, it also inspires us - - - we > know that it’s the best choice for us right now and that we will continue > to work towards our vision of what W@tercooler could still be, for us, > and for the community as a whole. > > Thank you to all the wonderful folks who contribute to this group... It > has been invaluable over the years! > > We could never have done it without you. > > *Thank you for believing!* > > > > > > > > > > > Jenifer Ross & Tom Schumacher > www.watercoolerhub.com > 914-261-1470 > > -- > 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.
