[Coworking] Feeling like a sponge (and absorbing all I can!) as we launch our space

2017-11-27 Thread Lisa
Hey there! I'm part of a team that's opening a 33,000 s.f. coworking/maker space/offices/corporate training space called Evolve Workplace, in West St Paul, MN. We're in an older, newly-redeveloped first ring suburb, about 10 minutes south of downtown St Paul in the Twin Cities. I'm hoping to

[Coworking] Re: Small Coworking Space: Is it too small? (Slight math problem)

2017-11-27 Thread Ray Doeksen
Sometimes I do teach people SketchUp, but no, I prefer just about anything else ... I do like the many available models for furniture, but I don't like the basic drawing function very much; I prefer a CAD tool with parametric control of some kind. SketchUp is free, and I know there are people

[Coworking] Re: Question for space owners: Do you offer member perks like AWS or gym discounts? Is your community taking advantage of them? (more in comments)

2017-11-27 Thread Ray Doeksen
It's not a perk really but ... would you consider DeskPass to be part of that world of benefits? It's a system that I've run into here in Chicago where a person buys a membership to DeskPass and then they can use a whole network of coworking spaces ... I had written it off as not practical

Re: [Coworking] Re: Defining a "coworking" space as distinct from "office" space...a zoning ordinance question

2017-11-27 Thread twynne
> It may seem odd that I am trying to find a zoning type definition for > cowork space when the use's impact may not seem much different than an > office environment, but we have a situation where a site has some unused > space zoned for "Retail" but the owner would like to use it for a