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).
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).
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
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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.
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).