Community is a Verb
Note: This article was written by Chelsea Callicot, Curator of Community at The Haven, and posted by Carrie Douglass. My role at The Haven is to help create a welcoming,…

Carrie Douglass
Haven Co-Founder
Data Privacy: Why It Matters
Contributed by Emi Baxter, The Haven’s Tech Guru and owner of Avant Tech. Data Privacy is one of those ‘buzzword’ concepts that we all hear about and know we should be thinking…

Carrie Douglass
Haven Co-Founder
19 Things I Learned as the Co-Founder of a Startup
2019 may have been my biggest year yet. We officially opened the doors to The Haven Co-Working in Bend after nearly two years of envisioning, planning, recruiting, outlining our mission,…

Carrie Douglass
Haven Co-Founder
Remembering what healthy feels like
I just returned from a wellness retreat in Hawaii and I’m more committed than ever to The Haven Vitality and Wellness Room.* It’s been a busy few years in my life. I’ve…

Carrie Douglass
Haven Co-Founder
Haven Birth Story, Part 2
“I’ve thought about opening a co-working space like this…” is one of the most frequent comments I’ve heard throughout the last year. If so many other women have thought about it,…

Carrie Douglass
Haven Co-Founder
Haven Birth Story, Part 1
As with all entrepreneurial ventures, The Haven was born out of a unique set of experiences over the past 20 years that led me to this moment. In particular, four…

Carrie Douglass
Haven Co-Founder
The problem with “GRIT”
Our newsletter uses a concept – grit – that has become problematic in some of the ways it is used. My day job is in urban education, where I am focused on…

Carrie Douglass
Haven Co-Founder