IndyHub’s first office consisted of a small cubicle on the 9th floor of 300 North Meridian. I sat down for the first time at my desk on June 6, 2005.
Now, just days short of the ten-year anniversary of my first day on the job, it is both humbling and overwhelming to look back.
There have been moments of great excitement – from grant awards to knock-em-out-of-the-park events where the energy was contagious. And there have been troubling times.
Times when we weren’t sure how we’d make payroll, when events fell flat, when initiatives failed. Or when our state felt like it was imploding. But no matter what the world felt like in our office, our first priority has always been the experience of the person we’re working with.
Today, ten years later, we have found ourselves in 1000 square feet, just off the avenue of one of the hottest parts of the city. We have more than 30 corporate, program and in-kind sponsors.
There have been so many people who have helped us get to this place. So many people that creating an exhaustive list would be impossible, but what I know is this – every single person who is reading this blog has made a difference in the success of IndyHub.
Even if you’ve never attended an event or this is your first time checking in, you are part of an energy – a movement – that has taken our city by storm. IndyHub is more than an organization.
We have been pressed lately on what it was – and hopefully continues to be – that makes IndyHub work. To me, it has been many things, but in particular, a few key elements:
- Staff and volunteers who believe in the mission with a can-do spirit
- Laser focus on our audience and their experience
- A love of our city and all it has to offer
- A city that continues to show her best colors, even in the midst of great adversity.
We’re on to something. And the people who are here believe in our place.
