Well, as of yesterday, really, we were (mostly) moved into Citizen Space: our new offices + the newest family member of the SF coworking spaces (The Hat Factory as well). There is still a wee bit of work being done on the boardroom tomorrow, but we have already had all sorts of awesome people stop by, like Evelyn Rodriguez, Tom Conrad, Alicia Preston and Chad Dickerson.
Current residents of the space include Chris, Ben, Ivan Storck and myself…with two others who we think are going to take residency, but they’ve been too busy to even come down and confirm (hint: they are way rockin’ Mac developers).
But that’s not even the best part. You see…the best part is what we plan to do with the space. Yes, it’s going to be an open fabulous drop-in and get creative type space, which is awesome, but what we started thinking about as we were building this baby, was, “Holy begezus! We have our own space! That’s like…power!”
Yep. A room of our own, folks. And what does one do with a room of one’s own?
Anything s/he wants.
So, here is what we are going to do: have as many amazing gatherings in it as possible…AND open it up to the suggestion that anyone out there who is doing something that is worth a damn in this world can have amazing gatherings in our space. Really. It’s yours. Let’s make some beautiful energy.
So…event #1 will take place next Friday (November 10) from 5-7pm…it’s our Open House and we will have food and drinks and music and a bevy of fine, interesting folks to mingle and mix with. We want to show off our new digs and let everyone know what a kickass space it is for such gatherings.
Another great event coming up in the space will be Net Tuesday on November 14. We hope they love it so much that they make it their permanent home. 
There will be much more, too. We plan to have Mashpits (probably once per month or so), movie nights, Salons, wine tastings, art shows, meetups and DemoCamps there regularly as well as upcoming seminars, workshops and summits. Mostly small stuff, since our space could hold about 50 people max. (1350 ft2)
But…if you would like to suggest anything, throw anything or be part of anything…please do contact us. We’d love to be your hosts. I mean, really, we have a frickin’ space. (oh man, a space! we are so excited) If nothing else, you can drop by to work starting next week (the wifi is non-existent right now…waiting for Speakeasy) and for just saying hi anytime.
Here is the venue listing on Upcoming.org.
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Awesome space, I’m sure you’ll put it to good use. (Wish I could be there!)
Congratulations! The place looks great. I especially love the bamboo floor.
This is awesome. Looking forward to visiting Citizen Space next week! I would love to be the chef/purveyor of good food for the coworking space and one-off events. Do you have a kitchen??
Unfortunately no kitchen.
Strictly catering…
Good work! Why do I have the feeling I’m living in the wrong city?
Hope your group makes the most of it…
Congratulations. I can only imagine how fulfilling and exciting it is to have your own Castle Greyskull. You are masters of your universe.
That is a great, great, great creative|social|fun space.
We already love it so much we want it to be the permanent Net Tuesday home. From the pictures alone…
Ha! Sounds like alot of fun! I might drop by … if I’m ever in the country
Hmmm…
I wonder how the acoustics are in that room? I could see organizing a jazz gig there sometime? (See my website.)
I’d really love to get one of these up and running in Sydney, Australia… Any takers?
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