This is a common question and something important to not only ask but discover by talking to and testing people as Andy and Alex have recommended. We found that our neighborhood is important because it's where people live. Creative Density is in the first ring of neighborhoods around the Central Business District where it's still dense but neighborhood-y. We also found that our location matters to how your members will commute. The general rule of thumb from studies is around 22 minutes of commute. I found this number to accurate. Most of members live within 22 minutes be it walking, biking, or driving. We have a few that travel a bit further but that's only 5% of our community.
I have noticed that for private offices with teams in Denver then there are a few things that our collective coworking community has noticed. However, if you are located right downtown then they assume they will pay for parking and highly value the location. The downtown Denver shared spaces are office heavy and have been successful with offices but not with traditional coworking. There are several reasons for this but that is a whole other discussion but I just wanted to share that note. What I will list is instead things that make our community stronger because of our location: 1. Front yard. We play a lot of yard games and it's a great activator to creating our community and integrating new members. 2. Walkable lunch spots. We have fast food, delis, and sit down places all nearby. We do take-yourself-to-lunch-Fridays that has been a key community builder for us. 3. Street parking is available. Denver is a car city still so even 2 hour free parking right outside our door helps us attract people that don't want to walk or bike to work. About half of our community members drive. 4. Patios. They're friendly and help people have casual conversation. I hope this helps. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
