So if you've made it here, you know why you're here: I want to save Richmond's grand old houses by putting hackers and makers in them. There's no Earthly reason this shouldn't work, so I'm happy you're here.

But at the same time, I can't devote much time to this. I'm going to let it grow organically as far as possible, by guiding a community. It might be that no such community will arise right now. That's OK. These houses and I aren't going away. I'm just going to keep talking to people and thinking out loud here. If you feel moved to do so, please feel free to contribute.

Right now, I'm just at the talking and thinking stage. There's a lot for me to learn about what existing incubators already do, and to be frank, it still has to be evaluated whether an incubator is even what we want. For me, the following goals are paramount:

1. Save as many antique houses and buildings as possible.
2. Revitalize Richmond's economy on a lasting, stable basis.
3. Make people successful on a stable, conservative basis.

I've been thinking pretty hard about this during the week, and have already talked to some interesting people. There will be more to come.