S1E2: A NEIGHBORHOOD EXPERIMENT
WITH GUEST SARAH WOOLSEY
In Episode 2: A Neighborhood Experiment we discuss The Impact Guild, the project that fueled the start of Good Acres. A social impact coworking space, incubated by the Park Community Church rooted in the neighborhood of Beacon Hill in San Antonio. Join our hosts, Elizabeth Coffee and Ramiro Gonzales as they sit down with guest Sarah Woolsey to discuss the relationships between church, property, entrepreneurship and community.
One theme bubbled to the top, Experiment. If you have an idea, what’s the smallest version of your idea you can experiment with and learn from?
SHOW NOTES
KEY TAKEAWAYS
3:03 What does good look like in our neighborhoods?
4:58 The Impact Guild’s Origin Story
“They [Allied Hand Dryer] were bold and creative enough to say ‘What if?’”
16:40 Relationship with the Community
“One of the neighborhood leaders said, ‘If you’re going to be here, and you’re going to be a committed and engaged neighbor, then we want you here. But if you’re just looking to profit off this neighborhood, we don’t.’ And I’ve held that as, honestly, a litmus test of my own motives sometimes, of what’s going on here and are we holding to that?”
CONTACT
Ramiro Gonzales | West Side Development Corporation
Elizabeth Coffee | Mission City Renewal
Sarah Woolsey | Mission City Renewal & The Impact Guild
ORGANIZATIONS
NEXT STEPS
Learn More about the Make Good Fellowship
“I would say explore it. And explore it in community. And start to name those things. A lot didn’t happen until I started to speak things out loud and put pen to paper and try small versions.” (Sarah Woolsey)
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