Vaya con dios Souk. You helped pave the way.
*Mark Gilbreath <http://goog_936366688/>*[image: cid:[email protected]]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/markgilbreath> * * *LiquidSpace *CEO/Founder/deckhand mobile 208.720.8107 email [email protected] skype mfgilbreath twitter markgilbreath *LiquidSpace(TM) - find a great space to work, now.* **We're a location-based mobile application that lets you use your phone to find a great space to meet and work, book it, check in securely, and share it with your colleagues. Visit www.liquidspace.com<http://www.liquidspaceapp.com/> to learn more! On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Julie <[email protected]> wrote: > souk will be closing its doors on July 31, 2011. Thank you to > everyone who comprised souk’s community. Look out for tweets > @soukportland over the next month where we’ll celebrate people and > group highlights from the last 5 years. Please share your highlights > too. > > For the curious, we are closing for three main reasons: > > 1. Our family has recently moved to Bend, something we’ve been > working towards for several years. My attention is now focused in > Central Oregon. > > 2. We suddenly had several, small companies – anchors of our > membership – graduate from the space. This has been a positive move > for them, and we are happy to once again have been a place where > nascent companies start small and flourish; it’s just one, proud part > of what souk had to offer. > > 3. Our lease comes up at the end of this year. > > Our relocation, along with significant membership graduations that > will require huge investment and attention to rebuild, and a lease > that expires at the end of this year, leads us to the decision to > close our doors. > > If someone is interested in taking on this space-model of build, grow > and graduate small companies as well as nurture individuals, I would > love to discuss that with you and share what we’ve learned. I will no > longer be on point to do this at souk, and for souk, but it doesn’t > mean the concept (or a version thereof) can’t live on under someone > else’s guidance. > > We are grateful to all who have joined us on the forefront of the > growing movement of coworking. I intend to continue to lend support > and connections to the wonderful entrepreneurs, the tech community, > creatives, and those who simply want to participate in community both > through my board work and through all the great coworking spaces out > there, http://wiki.coworking.info/w/page/29303049/Directory. > > Between now and July 31st we will be offering our desks and Herman > Miller chairs for sale. The lease to our 5000 sqft, light-filled, > great space is also up for grabs (expires Dec 1, 2011), and I will > gladly facilitate negotiations with the landlord if you’re interested > in taking it over. > > Cheers. > Julie > > -- > 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.
