BeSpoke in the Westfield Mall in SF Jerome
> On Aug 10, 2015, at 11:39 AM, rachel young <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey folks, > > I have exciting news and a question. > > We've been looking for a way to engage local small-scale manufacturers and > artisans with our coworking space, and encourage shopping locally. When the > ground floor and basement of our building opened up, we quickly realised what > that could look like. > > We started a new membership level for artisans, manufacturers, designers, > artists, and makers to be members of our coworking space and use parts of the > building for what they need. > > Last week we launched the Camaraderie Artisan Market. It's a permanent retail > store specifically for artisans and manufacturers. Members pay a monthly > membership fee to have their goods sold in the market, which we staff and > manage entirely, and we don't take a commission on their sales (because we > already charge them a monthly membership fee and won't double dip). With > their membership they can also use the basement to produce their goods, and > use the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building for meetings with buyers, staff > interviews, administration of their business, and collaboration with what are > now our more traditional coworking members. It really is an all-inclusive use > of the building and a way for us to celebrate local artisans in a > collaborative way. And it's pretty rad! > > If you're in town for GCUC Canada next month, I encourage you to come by for > some shopping and I'll chat with the artisans to see if we can offer a > store-wide discount to conference attendees. > > And so my question: I know of coworking spaces with makerspaces for makers to > make goods and prototypes, and I know of coworking spaces for artists with > artist studios, and I know of coworking spaces with cafes. But are there any > other coworking spaces with retail for physical goods? I'm particularly > curious if there are coworking spaces with retail like this that are > exclusively for the members of their space. Anyone know of any? > r. > > > > ____________________ > rachel young > [email protected] > > We're located at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor > (between Bloor and Roncesvalles) > > Find us online: > Website/blog and Newsletter, Twitter, > Facebook, Google+, Yelp, and LinkedIn > > New Camaraderie locations: > Artisan Market (Toronto) - now open! > Port Credit (Mississauga) - summer 2015 > > We're a proud member of CoworkingToronto, > CoworkingOntario, and CoworkingCanada! > > -- > 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. -- 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.
