Thrive Co-Living Podcast

Want to learn more about the current housing market? Don't miss this interview with Jeffrey Clarke! Jeffrey is a relator with Clarke Realty in the St. Petersburg, Florida area. He uses extensive research and his knowledge of the area to help his clients find homes. In this episode, he talks more about market trends, both in Florida and nationally.

In this interview, Thrive cofounder Mark Stein speaks with Christine McDannell, cofounder and CEO of Kndrd.io, the first management software platform and global directory for co-living. She’s also host of “The CoLiving Code” on YouTube and author of The CoLiving Code: How to Find Your Tribe, Share Resources, and Design Your Life.

Christine is one of the world’s leading experts in co-living. She’s researched and visited co-living communities in major cities around the globe, and has interviewed more than 100 co-living guests on her YouTube show.

This episode offers a wealth of information about co-living. Mark and Christine touch on these topics and more:

• Current trends in co-living experiences.
• How to facilitate a sense of community in a co-living situation.
• The difference between co-housing and co-living.
• Best practices for offering programming in a co-living community.
• How co-living communities are striving to keep their residents safe amidst COVID-19.

To learn more about available co-living communities around the world—or how to share your own co-living community online—visit https://kndrd.io.

To check out The CoLiving Code show on YouTube, visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWeCRX1V3e1e3MmqlXHqFGg.

To order a copy of The Coliving Code: How to Find Your Tribe, Share Resources, and Design Your Life, visit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GQ9GYX1/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

ABOUT THRIVE CO-LIVING COMMUNITIES

Thrive Co-Living Communities are cooperative residential living communities in re-purposed big box stores for people of all ages. Thrive Co-Living Communities provide a concrete solution to the growing sense of isolation and despair that is leading to depression, addiction, and suicide among many sectors of the U.S. population. Serving young people, millennials, baby boomers, artists, young families and any other progressives in search of a harmonious community life, the organization promotes and supports the development of abandoned big-box stores into sustainable co-living communities, offering the exact balance of independent living and co-living experience that each resident member desires.

Thrive Co-Living Communities are charged with:

➡️ Educating communities about co-living options

➡️ Assisting with the design and development of big-box co-living communities

➡️ Providing grants or short-term loans for early development costs for new communities

➡️ Maintaining an archive of architectural designs and programming templates for members to access

➡️ Developing community and supporting cooperation among start-up and existing co-living communities

➡️ Fostering the development of community programs and activities (e.g. in-house mediation programs, opportunities for social interaction through movies, lectures, concerts, poetry readings, etc.)

To learn more about Thrive Co-living Communities, visit http://thrivecolivingcommunities.org/.

In this episode, we interview Craig Scafidi, CCIM, Senior Associate at Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT in the Tampa Bay, Florida area. Craig is currently helping Mark Stein, founder of Thrive Co-living Communities, search for and secure a viable property for the first Thrive Co-Living community. During this interview, we cover:

• How COVID-19 has impacted commercial real estate
  (in both expected and surprising ways)
  
• Why Craig is enthused about our project
  
• The differences in 3 site locations that Thrive is currently considering.
  

To learn more about Craig and connect with him, visit https://www.cbcworldwide.com/professionals/profile/B11AE189-95E5-42E3-A4A7-0DB5556E0CA1.

ABOUT THE HOSTS:

Mark Stein is the founder of Thrive Co-Living Communities. He’s also the principle at Outmarket.Pro, a digital marketing agency that helps clients grow their businesses using lean startup principles. Learn more at http://outmarket.pro/.

Jennifer Hooper is an Intuitive Life Coach specializing in helping divorced women write a very happy ending to their divorce story. For more information, visit https://jenniferhoopercoaching.com/. She’s as passionate about Thrive Co-Living Communities as she is about helping women grow their confidence and self-trust.

ABOUT THRIVE CO-LIVING COMMUNITIES:

Thrive Co-Living Communities are cooperative residential living communities in re-purposed big box stores for people of all ages. Thrive Co-Living Communities provide a concrete solution to the growing sense of isolation and despair that is leading to depression, addiction, and suicide among many sectors of the U.S. population. Serving young people, millennials, baby boomers, artists, young families and any other progressives in search of a harmonious community life, the organization promotes and supports the development of abandoned big-box stores into sustainable co-living communities, offering the exact balance of independent living and co-living experience that each resident member desires.

Thrive Co-Living Communities are charged with:

➡️ Educating communities about co-living options

➡️ Assisting with the design and development of big-box co-living communities

➡️ Providing grants or short-term loans for early development costs for new communities

➡️ Maintaining an archive of architectural designs and programming templates for members to access

➡️ Developing community and supporting cooperation among start-up and existing co-living communities

➡️ Fostering the development of community programs and activities (e.g. in-house mediation programs, opportunities for social interaction through movies, lectures, concerts, poetry readings, etc.)

To learn more about Thrive Co-living Communities, visit http://thrivecolivingcommunities.org/.

This episode's guest in John Penu, the owner and founder of residential painting company Legacy Applications! Through Legacy Applications, John brings passion and ambition to all home painting projects, with a focus on values like integrity, honesty, and excellence.