Scott, awesome to hear the success. You have inspired me to get out there with our space. We just opened a space in a bedroom community of 60K in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. PR/communications is the key. Any more tips, please pass them along. Trent Clark trentcl...@smartoffice.pro 972-849-8280 c
On Jul 20, 11:24 am, Scott Tillitt / BEAHIVE <sc...@beahivebeacon.com> wrote: > Hello, fellow coworkers... > > There have been a few posts looking for inspiration and feasibility in > starting a space in small towns (I asked myself several months back). > So I thought I'd just share our success so far. > > BEAHIVE opened not quite 3 months ago with an auspicious beginning in > Beacon, NY -- a small town shy of 15,000 an hour north of NYC on the > Hudson River. > > We've grown to 19 Founding Members with a few more starting soon. > We're making monthly expenses. We had 90 or so at our launch party, > including the mayor and his wife. > > And we've generated quite a bit of "buzz" in the media: 3 profiles of > us this week alone (all listed on our site at http:// > beahivebeacon.com). (It helps that I do PR/communications for a living.) > > Now, Beacon is not like most towns of its size. It's on the NYC > commuter train line and, perhaps most importantly, a major > contemporary art museum opened here 5 years ago (Dia:Beacon). Along > with it has come many NYC and other big city emigres. (Some folks > jokingly call it NoBro: North Brooklyn.) > > As many have said tirelessly, it all starts with building the > community and excitement first (another area my main profession comes > in handy). > > I'm happy to share any specifics offline. > > Bzzz... > scott. > > - -- - > SCOTT TILLITT > PR yogi & writer > [ sc...@beahivebeacon.com / 917.449.6356 ] > > BEAHIVE > collaborative community workspace / join the hive. engage. > sign up for BEAHIVE Bzzz:http://eepurl.com/caxT > [www.beahivebeacon.com / www.twitter.com/BEAHIVE] > > ANTIDOTE COLLECTIVE > socially conscious communications / apply liberally. > [www.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) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
