Our
History - A Story of Design, Build, Use
Part 1 of 4
22
years ago, Gail and Matt Taylor moved to Boulder, Colorado to
start a new business based on a unique way of working.
Both,
by this time, had over 20 years work experienceGail
in education,
Matt in architecture
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with knetweb]their focus,
in 1979, was on creativity, the environment
that stimulates it, and why individuals and
organizations were not using - to greater
individual and social advantage - the many
alternatives that were available to them.
What
is now MG Taylor Corporation, AI,
the knOwhere
Stores, Yolke
(CyberConn® Systems) and iterations
was started in Boulder in August 1979.
The
first environment, the Anticipatory
Management Center, was built in the spring of 1980. The
first work done in the Center was for the Affordable Housing
Project DesignShop®
process with the City of Boulder.
The
Taylors left Boulder at the end of 1983 when The Acacia Group
purchased the Enterprise. However, the environmental design
group stayed behind and is now AI, an affiliate member and business
unit of the MG Taylor ValueWeb network.
In
this regard, MG Taylor has never left Boulder and the place
of its origin.