| | I met Brian Rubin on twitter nearly two years ago. He happened upon PGCSIF and reached out to me to learn more about what we were up to. He was based in New Jersey at the time and like me wanted to pursue social entrepreneurship, but with two cute kids and an amazing wife, he had to think twice about making the leap.
Then I met Pickett Harrington who had recently started Joltage Innovation. Pickett is a community leader from the mid-West and had recently relocated to the DMV for his wife’s new job. A friend of mine somehow saw his resume and sent it to me. After talking a bit with Pickett, I thought, “Wow, he and Brian have a lot in common – I should introduce them”. I made the introduction at a ‘start-up’ meeting that PCGSIF hosted in March of this year.
Several months later, Brian found a job in DC and settled in temporarily with family friends who also lead a church in Hyattsville – Triumphant Church. Brian knew that I was interested in creating a co-working space for social entrepreneurs so that people like ‘us’ would have a place to collaborate, work, and grow. Perrin Rogers, who co-leads Triumphant Church with his father, was also interested in making his ministry more community-oriented. Brian introduced Pickett and I to Perrin.
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| | | | | | On the premises of Triumphant Church at 6521 Riggs Road is a restaurant with a commercial kitchen and about 600 square feet of unoccupied space. The church was no longer using the space and Perrin with Brian’s urging thought “maybe we can use this to pilot a co-working site in partnership with PGCSIF”. And so, for the last couple months we have been meeting and planning and meeting and planning. We have been slowly growing a community of like-minded people who want to affect change, strengthen the local economy, increase civic engagement, and build community cooperatively.
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| On November 2, 2013 from 1 PM – 3 PM, we will open a modest co-working space in what use to be a church restaurant. In my opinion, there’s no better example of how social innovation works! Reserve here or just drop in.
To learn more about our co-working community, contact us at pickett@joltageinnovation.com. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | PGCSIF’s mission is to build social capital and invest in new ways of solving old challenges in Prince George’s County. |
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