We're looking at something that sounds similar in some ways. We're located in a small city (that is now more of a suburb, really) that was historically a base for manufacturing. As the industry has moved overseas, we are looking at what types of jobs will be the "new" manufacturing, in the hopes of providing a way for those businesses to grow. To that end, we are flirting with the idea of combining a "traditional" coworking space with a co-crafting space. For the crafting space, our target community members would be small artisans who handcraft work to sell at art shows, on etsy.com, etc. We are thinking yarn dyers, jewelry makers, etc. We'd like to combine that population with your more traditional coworkers -- web developers, PR folks, graphic designers -- and see what kind of magic could happen.
We are fortunate to have a space that can accommodate this easily. Our trick now is finding out if there is need for it in the community. Ann Kingman, future space owner Attleboro, MA On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Mark W. Kidd <[email protected]> wrote: > Coworking may be distant kin to community canneries, which there are a few > of in Southwest Virginia, USA. For a nominal fee you can book time to use > professional (and health department / department of agriculture certified) > equipment. That means unlike if you do canning at home you can sell what you > can. > > My hypothetical constituency actually does include some engineering / > mechanical types. We have some community members working to set up portable > biodiesel refineries -- the question is, could a rural coworking space be > flexible enough to accommodate web development and media types but still > also have space for a soldering workstation or musical rehearsal room? > > I imagine low population density may mean we would have to cast our net a > bit wider. > > > On 5/13/2011 12:28 PM, Patrick Anderson wrote: > >> Mark W. Kidd wrote: >> >>> I'm interested in rural applications for the coworking concept. Are there >>> any rural coworking spaces to look at as models? >>> >> This makes me wonder if coworking could ever apply to non-desk jobs. >> >> Could this kind of organizing apply to farmers or mechanics or cooks? >> >> > -- > 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.
