Building Creative Community & ConnectHV in the Hudson Valley | Jordan Koschei

Sometimes, your path leads you right back home. This week on No Set Path, Jordan Koschei joins Drew English to talk about how his journey through design and tech inspired him to give back to the Hudson Valley through his passion project, ConnectHV. It’s a story about creativity, community, and coming full circle.

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Takeaways

Professional identity doesn't have to fit into neat categories - you can exist between disciplines and create your own path

Staying rooted in your community and building a life first, then fitting work around it, can lead to more fulfillment than chasing traditional career ambitions

Remote work and post-COVID shifts have created critical mass for creative communities in places like the Hudson Valley

Building platforms and communities is about being a temporary steward, not an owner - the goal is for the community to outlive and outgrow the creator

Creativity is fundamentally about play - as adults, we're just doing fancier versions of the same exploratory, world-building activities we did as children

The most sustainable creative work happens when you remove outcome-based thinking and create for the joy of making something

True platforms enable others to create value that far exceeds what the platform itself generates

Work-life balance requires ruthless prioritization and automation - family first, then letting everything else fit around it

Community building in the digital age still requires real-life interaction and grassroots connection

Links & Resources

ConnectHV - https://connecthv.com

ConnectHV About Page - https://connecthv.com/about

Tracks Coffee (Beacon, NY) - "No Sleep Till Beacon"

Monkey Joe Coffee (Kingston, NY)

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Drew's Website: http://www.drewenglish.com/