I wholeheartedly agree. A larger footprint is certainly higher risk for the cowork operator, but, if the market is well understood (ie your community is interested in the specialty uses of the space...meetings, events, seminars, etc) and the space is well designed, it can be incredibly valuable to the community.
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > I would disagree. Utilizing larger square footages is great for events, > which especially if those events are beneficial to the coworking community > (ie., BarCamps, social media lectures, etc.), then wouldn't that be > considered "community-led"? > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work wide open" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On Aug 9, 2010, at 5:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Clarification: It has to be community led. Starting out with 12,000 > > sq. ft. is really, really grand. However, when you start looking at > > renting the space as a banquet facility, church, etc. what you are > > doing is being landlord, not community leader. > > > > j.d. > > > > -- > > 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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > 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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- Mark Gilbreath PO Box 2830 Ketchum, ID 83340 mobile 208-720-8107 skype mfgilbreath twitter markgilbreath -- 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.

