Thanks for the great feedback Jeff. We were looking at areas that are in close proximity to train stations so I'm glad you mentioned that. We will be holding a "town hall" meeting soon to find out more about what the community is looking for and I'm sure that a lot of our questions will be answered there as well. Thanks again Jeff.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:36 AM, jeff the yogurt destroyer < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Trevor, > > I operate the Ravenswood Coworking space in Chicago. > > Our office is nowhere near downtown, but it is, however, located near > 2 train stations. > > Yes, we definitely miss out on the "downtown" clientele. But we're not > targeting those people, and quite frankly, do fine without them. > They key is to acquire a site that is easy to get to. Think about it- > is any downtown area in North America exactly convenient to get to, > unless you live next to a train station? Find a site that is easy to > get to, for your sake, and your clients. Ideally, scout out offices > located in the middle of residential areas, where you'll be surrounded > by tons of people. > > Our office is located in a moderate density residential neighborhood > that is within close proximity to restaurants, cafes, and bars. > There's a lot going on, and it's got a charming neighborhood feel. > People really like living there. To that end, what would be better > than to have an office within walking distance of your home? > > In our office, there are only 2 people that don't walk to the office: > me, and another guy.... who also happens to plan on moving closer to > the office, haha! :) So after he moves, literally everyone in our > office will be able to walk to work (except for me.) > > Besides, getting downtown, "class-A" space is very expensive. You'll > have to pass that cost along to your lessees. Not exactly what any of > us had in mind when starting this whole coworking phenomena. :) > > Good luck, hit me up if you want to bounce ideas off of me. > > Anyway- > > On Mar 18, 10:12 am, Trevor Dean <[email protected]> wrote: > > I heard a comment from someone the other day regarding the location of > > CoWorking spaces. He seemed to think that they are only really > successful > > in downtown core areas although I'm not really sure he is that > > informed/aware of coworking and might have just been talking out his a...@. > I > > am looking at starting a space in Mississauga Ontario which is outside of > > Toronto so basically away from a downtown core area. I was just > wondering > > how many people have locations in downtown areas and how many are in > other > > areas away from downtown. We are going to do something similar to what > > Camaraderie did and hold a "town hall meeting". I think that community > > feedback will help determine where your location would work best but I > was > > just curious on what other opinions are out there. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
