Finding a place in the city

Since starting City Connections, I have pursued the goal of creating a “financial engine” that would enable us to “earn our way” and not be solely dependent on charitable donations. To that end, we’re actively in pursuit these days of business owners and managers who (1) are accustomed to outsourcing some of their job functions to contractors or temporary staffers that gives them a more flexible work force; and (2) who are socially-conscious of needs in our city and who are inclined to think creatively about outsourcing to a non-profit organization like City Connections.

We’ve built a wonderful relationship with Gold Star Couriers to do just this, and are working on a possible venture with Children’s Hospital as well.  We have some wonderful relationships with a variety of community partners who have individuals available and motivated to come and give their best in work. 

If you are a decision maker, or know of one, to whom this is appealing, we’d love to have a conversation with you about such and we’ll be glad to provide you some references from the organization with whom we have piloted this unique endeavor so you can get their feedback and recommendation.

We also see a growing need for non-profit organizations to partner with real estate developers in utilizing space available for Kingdom work.  If you are one of the real estate developers in our city who has some vacant office space, let me encourage you to consider reaching out to us and letting us know about your willingness to bargain with some of our non-profit community partners looking for space. This represents good stewardship and provides you a wonderful way to use your “gift of giving” to help meet a critical need facing several of our non-profit community partners at this time.

 

I’d be amidst to not reference that many of our community partners have real estate needs other than office space, so if you have other spaces that fit one of the following, we’d also love to hear from you:

·         Warehouse / distribution space;

·         Retail space;

·         Residential houses;

·         Large meeting space;

·         Pre-school or after-school space; 

·         Entrepreneurial space for multiple enterprises;

·         Etc.