Brevard county now has its own FloridaCreatives.com group, thanks to the initiative taken by Lawrence. We even have a logo that doesn't look like the second life logo (hah, couldn't resist Ryan.)

The group is up to 16 members right now on the wiki, and discussion is getting started on the when's and where's of getting a happy hour going. It's looking like a healthy group coming together over here on the coast.

So who is it for? What's it about? The Florida Creative meet ups have really been about bringing together people from various sides of the creative field under one roof. Get together for a drink or three and meet some interesting folks. If you're in marketing, design, theater, music, web design, programming, whatever. It's a great way to meet fun/like minded people in the area.

Check it out.

The second meeting of the Florida Creatives was a huge success, props out to Ryan Price for keeping up the great work. Crooked Bayou was a much better venue than Dexter's for this kind of thing, and the turnout was significantly stronger.

A little link love out to Gregg Pollack from Tech CFL. Jamie Byrne and the rest of the gang at Petentials. Stefan Price from Roundtable Productions. Natasha McIntosh from North-South Marketplace. Marshall Sontag from WineQ.com. Josh Hallett from Hyku.com. Chris Scott from iamzed.com. Erik Hersman from WhiteAfrican.com. John Rife and his awesome wife from FindingJohn.com. Kyle Fiducia from VaguelyAware.com. Bill Ferrante from BillTheBroker.com, and Mark Baratelli from imakepodcasts.com.

Those are all the names I can remember off the top of my head (that I've associated websites too ;), but I'm a little tired. My apologizes if I missed anyone. Shoot me and e-mail or leave a comment here to put me in my place ;)

As far as coworking interest goes, we seem to have enough folks looking to jump on board. We're going to start meeting up once or twice a week at various coffee shops to get into a groove while we scout out potential costs and locations. I'll add info to the wiki as things develop.

Ryan Price just let me know of a Happy Hour at Dexters in downtown Orlando for the "Florida Creatives" group. It's on Monday, Dec 18th, 5:30-9pm. I doubt I'll stay until 9, but I'll certainly roll by for awhile. Especially now that I live like, 500 yards away ;)

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