Centre for Social Innovation - Opening In New York City!

[Eli Malinsky]

Hey everyone,

I wanted to let you all know that CSI will be opening a space in New York City. This is a HUGE step for us - something we never imagined. But a very exciting opportunity presented itself and we jumped at the chance (well, 'jumped' after a lot of reflection!).

Although we had been approached by dozens of folks over the years, New York City represents a special opportunity for us. Social innovation is growing around the world but NYC doesn't have a space or incubator that focuses on this field. We believe that our experience can lead to something important for our sector.

Our plan is to open a 24,000 sq ft space in Chelsea this fall/winter. The space will be based on our current model - a mix of offices, desks and hot desks, with a heavy emphasis on community engagement and programming. We've just gone public with the announcement and I will be moving down in the fall to lead the charge, alongside a NYC crew we are assembling.

I want to give a special shout-out to the coworking spaces we've visited that have been so welcoming and generous with their time - namely Tony at New Work City, Marissa at Greenspaces, and James at Projective. We are so thankful for their response to our news. We are really excited to find our niche in NYC's growing coworking community and to contribute to the movement.

We'd love to connect with any other coworking spaces out there so just send me a note (e...@socialinnovation.org) and we'll find time to meet.

Here's a bit more information about the project:

Press Release: http://socialinnovation.ca/blog/csi-starrett-lehigh-press-release
Blog Post ("Why NYC?"): http://socialinnovation.ca/blog/csi-starrett-lehigh-why-new-york-why-now
The Backstory: http://socialinnovation.ca/blog/centre-for-social-innovation-new-york


Thanks all!!

Eli Malinsky
Centre for Social Innovation
Toronto (and New York City!)

P.S. SORRY ABOUT THE AUTO-REPLY - my personal account was spamming the list during my vacation last week :-(

[Jacob Sayles]

Congratulations!  

Jacob

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[Randall G. Arnold]

Eli,

 

Any provisions for Maker activities, or just coding?

 

Along similar lines, I'm trying to put a "hackerspace" together for Fort Worth, TX (http://downtownfortworth.mindmixer.com/downtown-fort-worth-vision/fort-worth-hackerspace)... maybe you could consider us next?  ;)

 

Randy

 

[Eli Malinsky]

No maker activities, unfortunately - it's not our area of expertise. But also not just "coding" - we have tons of different organizations and entrepreneurs, only some of whom work in web-stuff.

I think we'll have our hands full in NYC for a while!!!!!

:-)

Eli

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[Tony Bacigalupo]

Woohoo! Congrats Eli!!

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[Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking]

Congrats Eli. This is exciting and CSI is one of the few spaces to go international.

Craig

Creative Density

[Mojo]

Congratulations, Eli.  Sounds like a large and important expansion opportunity.

Craig