As one of the few people in this group who I know has actually done coworking with childcare (Cubes&Crayons www.cubesandcrayons.com), there are lots of considerations. You have to do it your own way, but adding children to the mix is a whole different ball of wax and if your goal is to run a coworking space, then this is not the model for you.
I wish everyone luck. All the best, Felicity Founder Cubes&Crayons (www.cubesandcrayons.com) Twitter: @cubesandcrayons Outside the Cube (www.otcsf.com) Twitter: @outsidethecube On Aug 4, 10:46 am, WHERE MMM <[email protected]> wrote: > This is really helpful and specific info that you have provided for on site > child care. > > The one thing that I really want to point out for some who may read through > these postings quickly is that the requirements will vary from city, county > and state to state. > > Iit would (continue to be) helpful for all of us (as we continue to grow > and chare memberships via the Coworking VISA program) on the differences so > that we can be better versed in explaining to members the background of > child care services. > > Thanks again for your informative post! > Danielle > > Danielle Nicoli > WHERE: A work lounge for creatives. > Los Angeles, CAwww.wheremmm.com > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:42 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi Jodie, you might also want to contact Soma Vida in Austin, TX. > > They have child care a few days a week on the premises. My husband, > > Jason, and I are also looking at starting a coworking center with > > child care here in Chicago. Our local business development center has > > been very helpful...they filled us in on all the requirements. Here > > in Chicago opening a "day care" where the children are dropped off and > > the parents can leave the premises is very involved, but if you > > require the parents to be present and available (in the next room, for > > example) the certification process is way simpler. We're thinking of > > starting with that and then upgrading to "day care" if there is a need > > for it. We're just in the beginning stages as well...feel free to > > contact me if you want to "co-work" or just bounce ideas around. I > > don't know about you, but every work-at-home parent I have talked to > > about this gets very excited about the idea of having a place to work > > where their kids are involved in something other than the Disney > > Channel! > > > Gretchen Goodrich > > Chicago, IL > > > On Jul 31, 5:47 pm, jodiegrace <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello. I am new to this group. In the process of starting a co-work > > > space for parents with small children in my city here in Canada. Does > > > anyone have any experience incorperating childcare into the space. > > > > I am thinking about having a play room that could be unsupervised at > > > times, with a paid babysitter in for scheduled times during the week > > > for more supervision. Not too sure about the legalities of this. Is it > > > better to have members volunteer? > > > > Looking for feedback. I know there is a great need for this as it is > > > next to impossible to find part-time childcare and really costly when > > > all you may have to do is just a few hours of phone interviews and > > > work without childcare for the rest etc. > > > > Can't wait to hear any comments. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
