Carrboro Coworking is moving along

Yesterday I signed a lease for office space in downtown Carrboro! After almost two years of work its FINALLY starting to happen. But this is only the beginning. So much more to do before we open. So much to do to run the space.
Last night I shared with friends and supporters the news.
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Green Business in Orange County

I’ve just added a few posts to this blog about Green Business. I’m espcially interested in seeing it grow in Orange County, North Carolina. (That includes Chapel Hill and Carrboro.) So you’ll see on the top right of this blog a link to all the posts in the Green Business category. I hope this becomes [...]

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Is Orange County ready for Renewable Energy?

Al Gore calls for “100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.” What are our local governments doing to take this challenge and make it a reality locally?

This was originally a comment on a thread at OrangePolitics.org.

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Create Green-Collar Jobs in Orange County

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of seeing Van Jones speak. He co-founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and is founder and president of Green For All. He spoke convincingly of a future of increased equality and how one of the roads to this future is green jobs. Green-collar jobs [...]

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Carrboro Coworking gets a new Website

My business Carrboro Creative Coworking is about to pick up speed. Back in June the Board of Alderman at the Town of Carrboro approved a loan. Now we’re at the lease negotiation stage. Very soon I’ll be announcing a location. Its been a long journey. Almost two years ago I started this business in earnest. [...]

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Arcade Fire Video

Abby shot some great video of Arcade Fire playing in Carrboro. Much better and more intimate than the footage I included in my vid bellow. Dig this. More on Abbys’ blog.
Arcade Fire Plays “Heroes” by David Bowie in Carrboro, NC from abbyladybug on Vimeo.

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My Video on The Uptake

Yah! A video I shot and edited is on the fabulous Citizen Journalism site The Uptake. I love the video they make and have mucho respect for Chuck Olsen. (also of Minnesota Stories and Blogumentary fame) Check this video out!

From the progressive center of North Carolina comes this report from Brian Russell of yesh.com. He [...]

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New Short Survey for Carrboro Coworking

Would you please take my new survey? It’s short. Go to this url to complete. http://ccc.sp1.sgizmo.com
Carrboro Coworking is moving steadily forward. I’m about to make some big decisions and could really use your help.
If you haven’t taken the first Carrboro Coworking survey I’d really appreciate it if you did. Might be good if you [...]

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North Carolina Tech Events

If you are organizing a tech event, big or small, in North Carolina you should promote it on SocialCarolina.org. This is a free site that a few volunteers are putting together. Its goal is to “Connect the Community to Events”. Simple.
To submit an event lets us know about it with our contact form or via [...]

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SFGate Article on Coworking

Shared work spaces a wave of the future, Ilana DeBare, Chronicle Staff Writer, Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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