dear Kevin, thanks for checking if this is blogworthy, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arroyo Seco <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:44 AM Subject: Shareable and Arroyo S.E.C.O. want to turn LA into a sharing mecca! To: Arroyo Seco <[email protected]> Dear Friends of Shareable and the Sharing Economy, As partners in sharing work and community building, and as Los Angeles' Sharing City Network leader, the Arroyo Sustainable Economies Community Organization <http://www.arroyo-seco.org> launched the ShareLA campaign <http://myla2050connect.maker.good.is/projects/ShareLA> to win $100,000 from the Goldhirsh Foundation to advance a radical new vision for Los Angeles. Our plan is to create an open source blueprint for any community interested in becoming a sharing community. With strategies that range from grassroots to high-level civic partnerships, this blueprint seeks to sometimes quietly and not-so-quietly disrupt the broken systems upon which we can no longer rely. Today Shareable published an interview that reveals why we are pursuing this important and transformative work: "Sharing Activists Reveal Plan to Turn Los Angeles into Sharing Mecca" <http://www.shareable.net/blog/sharing-activists-reveal-plan-to-turn-los-angeles-into-sharing-mecca> As of noon today our campaign is live and open to voting. Online voters will determine who wins $100,000 in the Connect category to implement a radical new vision for LA. It doesn't matter who you are or where you live - *anyone can vote online in this contest*! *PLEASE visit this link and support our work with your vote by Sept 16th!* http://myla2050connect.maker.good.is/projects/ShareLA It only takes a moment to vote and you can easily sign in with Facebook. In return, you'll know that your 5 minutes translated into community-based strategies that have the power to bring people together, combat poverty and isolation, and revitalize neighborhoods simply through the power of sharing resources, information and time. Attached is a press release with more information. Please contact me directly with any questions. In the spirit of coproduction and a new way forward, Sarah -- Sarah McGowan Dear *Project Developer, Board Member and Sharing EnthusiastArroyo Sustainable Communities Organization <http://www.arroyo-seco.org/> Arroyo SECO Network of Time Banks <http://www.asntb.com/>* direct 323-336-2860 -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/