Yesterday, I sent in this letter and summary of research to the City of Aiken Planning Commission to be included in their agenda when they re-discuss updating the city's legislation of food trucks. Keep checking on our page and website to learn more about their...
One Aiken- open collaboration is a local community Grassroots Partnership designed to augment Top Down planning with a Grassroots boost for faster progress! It is a place to network with others that have common goals and to look for opportunities that benefit your personal and business lives. Everyone has...
So far we’ve had one World Café meeting at the Aiken Brew Pub (thanks Rob!), three meet and greets, and innumerable conversations around town and on our Facebook page and website (One Aiken- open collaborations and OneAiken.com). The results are unanimous- there are high levels...
We are so excited to launch our contest for Dinner Down on Park! Although we have an absolutely beautiful setup, it didn’t put itself up! Last Sunday Katy and I went out to make the styled shoot for the teaser ad. Here’s the backstory… [caption id="attachment_1529"...
On Monday, December 5th, we had our second Musician’s meeting upstairs in the Collaboration Room on 318 Park. Although not everyone from the first meeting was able to attend, some newcomers came, making this meeting bigger than the previous one. And as for the all-important...
It is a given that most people that live here LOVE Aiken. We all have experience, expertise, and a ton of ideas about where we live. A lot of people want to start utilizing our collective talents to help move things along and get some...
We are kicking off One Aiken - open collaborations social media efforts for the new year with an organized agenda! We have revamped the Social Hours sessions, set dates for the next month, and set it up as a two week window for planning our...
Last Sunday, November 20, members of the #Aiken4Music group had their first meet ’n greet up in the Collaboration Room. Earlier in the day, Katy wrote on the event page on Facebook to announce that she was making cookies and bringing wine. Katy opened up the...
Have you read a lot of articles about Aiken over the past few years where officials are sharing their efforts to strategically position Aiken for the future? Do you have some killer ideas that you think would augment these efforts and wonder how you can...