Have you heard of The Hub Halifax? No, not the short-lived bar in Dartmouth (Aka The Ice House, aka M-T Bellies, aka Hells Angels Eat Here, and now... Hooters. Oy vey), but a new social space opening up in Halifax.
According to their website, The Hub combines a meeting space with technology and people. It's community-shared, whether by groups or individuals, and allows you to pay for time spent there, versus paying rent. Here's the blurb:
The Hub is an incubator for social innovation. We offer membership of inspirational habitats in major world cities for social innovators to work, meet, learn, connect and realise progressive ideas. The Hub is a place for making things happen. All the tools and trimmings needed to cultivate an idea, launch a project, host a meeting and run a business.
As someone with limited access to (properly functioning) technology outside of the office--my laptop is on its way to the grave--this idea intrigues me. The Hub will apparently be kitted out with wireless, voicemail, its own server, and various machines that provide you with the ability to print, copy, fax, project, and hold a web conference (if FinalCut Pro finds its way onto this list, I'm definitely there). Programs will be offered to members at the Hub to encourage networking and idea-sharing.
A few friends of mine are amateur filmmakers, and I see this as an excellent resource for them. Freelancers might also use this space as an office or meeting-space. I'm also sensing a strong non-profit connection. The fee associated with using the space ranges on how much you want to use it. $300 gets you unlimited hours per month, $200 amounts to 12 days, $150 amounts to 6 days, and so forth.
If the Hub sounds like something you would use, there is a membership intent survey offered that seeks to pinpoint what potential members are looking for in this shared space. Be warned, they don't have a home, yet, and plan to be open in Fall 2008.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
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I totally was just thinking about how neat an idea it would be for something like this to happen this morning on my way to work..! You just made my day. I'm a genius. Hahaha...seriously though this would help All Rights Reserved out in a big way. Thanks for pointing this place out.
That sounds like a brilliant idea. Final Cut Pro would make me do unholy things to be apart of this...
I like the idea of such a place. However, the venue sucks. Which is surprising coming from a guy. I've heard that it's just a place with crappy food and large breasted girls in tight shirts. Come to think of it...sounds kind of like the palace...or the dome... hrmm
How does the website not tell you where it is??
I'm guessing from Justin's comments that it's at Hooters which doesn't make sense to me. That WOULD be a terrible location.
I knew Tracey and Joanne were working on a "Hub" space, glad to see that they are at a launch stage. I would love to hear more about where they are with this.
Ben: "We seek to find a great downtown location and hope to open in Fall 2008."
They're not open yet!
Why is Justin saying it's going to be at Hooters?? I am so confused...
Probably because my first paragraph makes fun of that creepy building formerly known as the Hub, among many other names.
No, they haven't found a space yet, according to their website.
I actually just went through their site, filled out the survey, looked at the brochure, etc. It really does sound like a brilliant idea. If they could get this up and running I would be a proud supporter of the idea.
Ah, I see now. Mystery solved.
For anyone in the Dartmouth area and the creative industry, Queen Street Studios has a similar program up and running. I've been pulled in for three or four contracts already. Great space and great people!
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Hi all,
I am one of the partners in the Hub [with Tracy, Sera and Joanne]. Glad to see the positive responses to the idea.
Part of pursuing this for me is to replicate the kinds of conversations that happen online like this in spontaneous live settings with whoever is around.
We are presently working on securing a specific location and hope to figure out if it is go/no go ASAP.
Once that issue is addressed a better time line can be put out there and we can finalize planned offerings etc.
I can fully assure you we have nothing to do with Hooters or that location! All locations we have looked at have been in Halifax.
I should be updating the Hub site in the near future regularly and setting up a Twitter account for it as well to keep those interested in the know as we go forward [watch the News section on the site in the next week].
Thanks for spreading the word Lauren!
Cheers
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