This is so awesome, Alicia! :D
------------------ *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Alicia Hurst <aliciainbrook...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello hello! It has been eight months since I gave an update on my humble > Fayetteville Coworking group, and I wanted to share an exciting update: I'm > helping a church open Fayetteville's first coworking space. > > The one person I reliably jelly with is now my close friend, the associate > pastor of a progressive Methodist-affiliated church that is located in the > building of the coffee shop where we jelly. To make the story short, the > church is opening a second campus on the other side of town, and the > property, which they were given and now own outright (so no rent) has two > buildings, one of which has a 1,300 sq ft space that was often rented out > for meetings. Coworking will be a great way for them to build community, a > la St. Lydia's in Brooklyn, and there is almost no risk for them since the > overhead is low, they are a nonprofit, and they are a-ok with failure! > > I'm volunteering to help since I want to bring coworking to Fayetteville > while I still live here. It's been great fun so far. We're hosting an > organizational meeting next month (on April 13th) and are trying to get > everyone interested to come. After that, we're thinking of launching a > Kickstarter (a la New Work City back in the day) to expand our > fundraising initiative nationally, and the church has done the math – they > only need the equivalent of ten full-time members in order to open in > August. > > Here's our website with all the details: fayettevillecoworking.com > > I'm looking forward to keeping everyone up to date, especially Alex, whose > words and thoughts I've really been channeling throughout this process! > > > On Friday, July 11, 2014 at 12:49:01 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote: >> >> Stoked to see you next month, too :) >> >> We'll try to meet there every week at the same time, and perhaps the >>> regularity will encourage new people to drop in. >> >> >> That's how Indy Hall, New Work City, and many others have gotten their >> start. Without that regularity, it's hard to jump start ANYTHING new. Check >> out this story here about how hard it was for us (with the help of some >> very motivated members) to get our Night Owls program off the ground. >> >> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/10/the-importance-of- >> rhythm-rituals-for-coworking-communities/ >> >> -Alex >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> > -- > 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
