Hi All, I run Cowork Penticton in BC, Canada and have a very solid relationship with our community and our municipal government. I'm looking at strengthening our ties with our Economic Development Office (EDO) and would like to know if anyone else has worked through a similar challenge as below:
- Our coworking facility is seen as a valuable community resource and amongst other things, we feature in the City's marketing and new business attraction material. It's a great relationship this way, however due to restrictions on municipal spending that is seen to benefit a for profit business that is really where the relationship ends. There are many acknowledged opportunities for working together, however I'm struggling to find a models that fits the red tape. Am I potentially looking at this from the wrong angle? Reading a post <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/jzfFfLDIKg8/D6VJet0CsS8J> from Derek Neighbors back in 2011 on how a traditional coworking space may be viewed certainly rings true and I'd love to hear more viewpoints on structuring a sustainable working relationship with an EDO at a Municipal Government. To be clear, I am *not* talking about asking for funding from our local government. I am looking to find a way to position coworking such that partnering with an EDO is financially beneficial and enhances their information and development value to the City, given the unique environment that coworking generates. Cheers, Nicholas Co-Founder - Cowork Penticton [email protected] -- 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.
