What is your Venture? Sam Is Your Man is an awesome opportunity for people to meet and connect with a fabulous young man who has a brilliant smile, a great sense of humour and Autism. He graduated from Holland St School last year. Fully supported by his mentor, Sam would love to help your business […]
Gordon’s Story On the 4th of March 2015, Geraldton local and Pollinators member Gordon Macleod awoke with a small headache. Thinking it was just another day, Gordon had no clue that his life would never be the same again. After saying goodbye to his wife Noeleen, Gordon drove himself to the hospital, still not […]
What is Loop? Loop is a “Priority Pass” of collaborative working. Loop partners with coworking spaces around the globe to give people a platform to work and travel anywhere they want. CityHive in Geraldton has recently partnered with Loop, meaning all of our members now have FREE access to a variety of collaborative, working spaces […]
What is your venture? Western Aerial Mapping is a rural drone service company. We have developed a drone software system which identifies weeds from drone images. The system allows farmers to minimise their herbicide use and still effectively manage weed populations. What inspired your work? With our population growing, the global need for food production is also increasing. […]
Learn how an Instrumentation Electrician from Dampier, Western Australia made his venture dream a reality… Codie developed a passion for home-made brew 13 years ago and often thought about leaving his work to pursue his dream of owning a rum distillery in the Mid West. After visiting a distillery in New Zealand and receiving some […]
On Wednesday the 26th of April, Pollinators hosted this year’s Australia Post Regional Pitchfest information session. The session was led by former Learning Lead of Pollinators, Andrew Outhwaite, who shared his top tips for how to give a short and sharp pitch. Australia Post Regional Pitchfest acts as a platform for regional innovations and ideas, giving […]
Freelancers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, business visitors, working-at-home mums… we have a new coworking product to offer you! Have you been wary of the subscription that comes behind coworking? Scared to commit to the 2 days per week that you paid for? Well now you can buy 5, 10 or 20 day coworking passes and use them […]
So, what is coworking? Well, it is the innovative practice of working in a shared environment, as opposed to working alone at home. And why would you want to work in a shared environment, you may question? Because of all of the benefits of course! In a coworking space, you are open to a vast […]
Pollinators’ new CreativeHub premises is transforming into the vibrant, multipurpose creative space that Pollinators planned for, with the Arts and Cultural Development Council (ACDC) the latest venture to move into the West End CreativeHub premises at 189 Marine Tce. The ACDC move marks a major transformation for the region’s peak arts organisation, which is not only moving […]
What is your venture? I have started working for myself as a lawyer, practising in the areas of commercial law and wills and estates. I worked for many years in commercial litigation where I saw the difficulties and heartache that can arise when things turn pear-shaped from not having good agreements or structures in place. […]
Pollinators is throwing open its doors at CityHive on Fridays, offering free coworking space to all members. The move is part of Pollinators’ ongoing bid to nurture innovation and offer lively working spaces and facilities to its members. In return, Pollinators asks that coworkers simply provide some kind of positive impact to the Pollinators community, […]
What is this venture? Creating an art map for the city, with details of all the existing (and soon to be created) public art, art galleries/museum locations, and other art related places (like art suppliers), as well as a list of artist studio contact details. The proposal is to create an art map brochure as a […]
What is your venture? My venture is the organisation called FroGGs which is an acronym for Friends of Geraldton Gardens Inc. and I think the title explains its direction. It is a not for profit organisation looking towards the creation of a Botanical Garden tourist Mecca in the CBD of Geraldton. We will target local […]
What is your venture? My mission is to assist individuals or organisations with conflict resolution primarily through a process of Mediation or through targeted training. I am trained as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and Nationally Accredited Mediator. My market for the Family Law Mediation side of my business is individuals who have separated and need […]
A range of permanent studio space is now on the market at CityHive, located at the West End of the CBD. All permanent studios include a range of benefits to coworking within this vibrant building. Tenants have 24 hour secure access to their studios and access to 100Mb/s NBN Broadband, the downstairs kitchen, printing services, support […]
CityHive offers fully serviced and professional meeting rooms, in three different sizes. There is the Boardroom (also known as Amegilla), which is suitable for up to 15 people, and includes a desktop, projector, cold water and tea and coffee. The next size down is Meeting Room 2 (also known as Melliferra), which fits up to 10 […]
Geraldton’s local comedians and performers are moving into a new home in the West End of Geraldton’s Marine Tce today. The Comedy Emporium have taken up a 4 year lease in Pollinators’ new CreativeHub, converting part of the derelict space into a home for performing arts. The rear of the old ‘Salvos’ building at 189 […]
Who are you? I practice and teach Pilates, it teaches me discipline and how to condition body. I love reading, it makes me feel wise and educated. I am passionate about photography which happened to be a part of my job – it helps me ‘be in the moment’. My family is very important to me. […]
It could read like the start of a great joke: “An artist, a businessman and a social entrepreneur walked into a bar….”, however while this newly-formed Alliance got off to a light-hearted start, it is a serious endeavour with significant implications for the future of the region. This week the Midwest’s three leading representative organisations signed a new […]
This post is a short summary of a Peer Learning Session hosted by Pollinators, focused on Professional Development for our Design and Creative professionals. Designers and creative professionals are highly-skilled, generate significant economic and cultural value, and contribute disproportionately to the look and feel of our regional. Participants included landscape architects, textile designers, arts teachers, graphic designers […]
