Co-creating the Hub

On April 4, 2008 a group of 9 people met to co-create and envision the Prairie Hub. These are the questions that guided our discussion...

• What attracts you to the Hub idea?
• What is your vision for the Hub?
• What do you see as your role in developing this community?
• What practice can you contribute?
• What design elements should be in the Prairie Hub?
• Where does the Hub belong?
• What values or ideas can you share toward the Hub's development?

Here are the outcomes of our Discovery Cafe.

• We desire to use the Prairie Hub as a conduit to give back to the community.
• We envision a physically and financially accessible, safe space for all genders, sexual orientations and political beliefs.
• We will create an environment that encourages migration and the injection of new people and perspectives.
• The Hub will serve as real-world 'classroom' for experiential learning. A place and community in which we can take risks and test the waters.
• The Hub will attract a diverse membership representing fields including planning, design, business, visual and performing arts, community development.

There was additional dialogue around funding sources, incubation, location, building design, technology, membership, and so on. We hope to build on these ideas at the next Hub gathering to take place in May.