I started a muli-purpose creative space in 2012 called COMMUNE, aimed to be a platform for creative collaboration and social good. This grew to four locations throughout Sydney with an annual revenue of over $1.2 million and employed six full-time staff. The brand had a combined online following of around 25k and an email database of over 20k and was a pillar of the Inner West community. The co-working space was an industry leader aimed at creative freelancers, making top ten lists and hovering at almost 100% capacity. The 4000m2 events venue was one of Sydney’s most sought after locations for events and shoots, hosting 100’s of events annually. In February 2020 after a $500k+ fit-out for what was to be COMMUNE’s flagship venue on King Street, Newtown. Unfortunately the new venue was not able to survive through the COVID-19 shut-downs of 2020-2021. Below is a few of the highlights from the last 10 years…