Thank you, Bill! We have wanted to check out WorkBar, but the free coworking open house days have not yet coincided with openings in our schedule. But I would love to chat with you and learn from your experiences.
Unfortunately, it looks like we may have some zoning issues to work out which may delay our coworking plans a bit (and hopefully not permanently). Reaching out to lawyer this week. Ann On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Bill Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ann, > > I'm happy to hear about your Attleboro plans. When we opened WorkBar > (downtown Boston near South Station) about 18 months ago we knew there > would be interest from the local urban area but I wasn't sure about > the broader region. I've been nicely surprised to see people come > from as far away as Franklin, MA. Come on by WorkBar some time, I'd > be happy to show you around and share some of our experiences. > > Bill > -- > Partner, WorkBar Boston, 711 Atlantic Ave, Lower Level, Boston, MA > 02111 > > On Feb 20, 10:23 pm, Ann Kingman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, listserv. I've been reading this list for the past several > > months and decided to come out of lurk mode. > > > > My husband and I are considering opening a coworking space in > > Attleboro, Massachusetts, where we have access to about 2500 square > > feet (on 2 floors) in an historic mill building. Our city is one in > > which the industrial and manufacturing base has almost dried up, and > > we believe that enabling and helping a community of independents, > > startups, and freelancers can help bring prosperity and employment > > back to our city. We are located about 10 miles from Providence, RI, > > which has a strong tech and startup community (but no coworking spaces > > that I am aware of). We are not yet sure if we actually have the > > population in our city to support a coworking venture. On the other > > hand, we also don't have any local coffee shops or even Starbucks -- > > Panera and Borders are about it, and both have their drawbacks. > > > > This message is our first public "unveiling" of our plans. Our next > > step is to explore the local community to see if there is indeed an > > interest in coworking, so that we can build our community before > > actually opening the space. We are thinking about hosting free > > coworking days in our (very unfurnished) space, depending on the cost > > for turning on the internet access and getting our wifi set up. > > > > A bit of background: I come at this from 20 years of working from home > > for a corporate employer (where I still work). My husband is the > > property manager for the building where we are hoping to locate our > > space -- it currently houses some small manufacturing and industrial > > companies, and I am curious to see if we can integrate them into our > > coworking community as well. I have been inspired by the stories of > > coworking from this list, from the Coworkers podcast (thank you Alex > > and Tony, please do more). > > > > Thanks to all for the insights and information that you have posted. > > This list is a valuable resource. > > > > Ann Kingman > > Cowork508 > > Attleboro, MA > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
