crowdsourcing a creative economy in Arlington

Creative coworking space being crowdsourced in the Artisphere!

These are proposed guidelines for the CoZone creative coworking space in the Artisphere, scheduled to open 10/10/10. It's 500 s.f. of core shared working space, with access to a separate conference room, additional individual workspaces and casual meeting areas. The details below are subject to change.

- Intended for individuals most committed to enhancing the region's creative culture and economy, especially collaboratively with members and the larger creative community.

- $350 a month for full-time desk membership, $175 for drop-in membership. Mix of memberships will be determined based on demand.
- Part of the monthly fee is reinvested to participating members of CoZone for collaborative projects that enhance the region's creative culture and economy. More details below.**
- Initial selection process will be crowdsourced. Applicants will be reviewed by the public with the top 20 or 30 being identified through views and ratings, from which Artisphere staff will then choose the members.

- Full-time members need to re-apply every 2-3 years. Perhaps 2 years, with a one-year extension.

- Tentative May 1 date to have people begin submitting their applications via the CoZone crowdsourcing review site, answering two questions such as: Why do you want to be a member of the CoZone, and What is your interest in collaborating with fellow CoZone creatives to enhance the region's creative culture and economy. The public will simultaneously be allowed to view and rate these submissions, so the sooner you submit, the better your chances.
- Tentative June 30 date when the public process ends and the Artisphere staff will determine the members, alternates, and full-time/drop-in mix.

**The budget for reinvesting into CoZone collaborative creative projects is based on how many full-time members ($350/mo.) agree to participate in the collaborative project, where CoZone provides $150/per participating member. So, 6 full-time members agreeing to collaborate on a creative project will be provided a $900 budget. This may or may not involve top ideas from the crowd. If it benefits Artisphere and/or involves the top ideas from the crowd, the budget may be matched by the Artisphere (ie $900 + $900 = $1800 total budget).

What do you think? We're listening to what you have to say before we officially launch this. You can comment here, but if you post replies to this link to the corresponding discussion thread in the CoZone group it will be more easily integrated with other CoZone discussions.

Creative coworking space being crowdsourced in the Artisphere!

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