[Coworking] Re: Hi
I know some universities provide child care in their research facilities, since one of my friends is doing that over the summer- might want to hop into the Coworking at Universities discussion and find out if anyone knows the specifics of that. If you're near a university, perhaps it would be possible to set up some kind of partnership in that area? I don't know any kind of specifics, but it's a lead that might be worth following. - Joseph On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Chad Ballantyne wrote: > Childcare would be fab. We've made our place child friendly for 5 and up > ages. The thing with co-work most freelancers are on a tight budget - to ad > childcare might put them over. At the same time if you could at least > provide a room/area like doctors offices for a TV/toys/books a desk for > older kids, etc. it might work out. We have space for kids to sit and play > and Monsters Inc toys every where! > A full-out childcare facility would be great. > Chad > On 23-Jul-09, at 3:08 PM, Aaron Lozier wrote: > > I'm at about the same place as you and I also thought a childcare would be a > super great amenity. > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:25 PM, ForceDotMom wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am not coworking yet. Actually - I just had the idea to open a >> space the other day, and I didn't even know that 'coworking' was a >> thing. But here you all are. >> >> My thought was that it would be nice to have a coworking space that >> would incorporate childcare of some kind. I know that some >> corporations have on site daycare for working parents. I think it >> would be so great to have something like that for people (like me) who >> work at a home office and have kids to care for. >> >> Would love to hear any thoughts or input from the group. >> >> I look forward to learning more here. >> >> -Brandy >> >> >> > > > > > > > Chad Ballantyne > 705.252.2423 > c...@rhubarbmedia.ca > www.rhubarbmedia.ca > ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Coworking at Universities?
Ah! Coworking studio space sounds like an amazing idea. The art department here at VT recently lost some valuable studio space to renovations, yet just a block away is an empty building that has been vacant for nearly four years since the restaurant that used to occupy it moved next door. Thanks for the idea, Steve. Joseph Rooks josephro...@gmail.com http://josephrooks.com On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM, NJ Coworking wrote: > > Ryan, > I've done an immense amount of research and in the US, I haven't found > a coworking space (yet) that is directly affiliated with a University. > I've asked other coworking space founders and the biggest reasons > they've given is that Universities move too slowly and often limit a > groups autonomy. I have found too many instances that Joseph Rooks > mentions below, incubator style companies that are on or near a campus > and are focused on companies rather than a community. > That said... We are opening the first (that we can find) coworking > space in the country to be connected to a University. We're renting > 5000sf from Kean University in NJ and are being given complete > autonomy to run as a true coworking space. We will be directly next > door to a space that we're also helping setup for students to do their > own coworking and run their senior design studio classes from. The > benefits for the students will be ridiculously huge and as a result of > these benefits, the university is helping out a ton with starting up > the space. > The long term goal for our space is that we will occupy space in their > new School of Design building that is being built over the next three > years. This is our pilot to get the community going and help the > students. > > Hope that helps. Feel free to reach out if you need more info or want > to chat more! > > Steve Guberman > NJ Coworking > www.njcoworking.com > njcowork...@gmail.com > > On Jul 21, 10:15 am, Ryan Price wrote: >> I was having a discussion about coworking last night and in talking >> about the efforts so many cities have now to cater to their "creative >> class", it made me think about Universities. >> >> In Orlando, our major college (UCF) is not geographically integrated >> with the city. You have to drive 30+ minutes outside of downtown (or >> any established neighborhood) to get there. UCF is always calling >> themselves "the partnership university" because of their ability to >> partner with big businesses to bring in some research lab or new >> school program. >> >> Why not form a "partnership" with the community as a whole and create >> a coworking space on campus? It could be a way to encourage the local >> workers to continue their education, and also provide them a place to >> work on days when they have class. I think you would have to prevent >> it from being flooded with students (honestly, most students probably >> wouldn't even know it was there), but it could be cool. >> >> Does anyone know of schools that invite the community into their space >> like this right now? >> >> My best example is UCF's small business incubator. The barriers to >> entry are much higher than a traditional coworking space, but they >> offer a lot more services. They actually have several locations >> sprinkled around Orlando. >> >> Peace, >> Ryan Price >> CoLab Orlando >> Orlando, FL >> rpr...@ryanpricemedia.com >> @liberatr > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Coworking at Universities?
Well, at Virginia Tech they have an establishment called the Corporate Research Center, which has several businesses that are very closely integrated with the university. It is technically on campus although it's a little bit out of the way. Since that's more for companies than individuals, I don't know how relevant that would be, but here's a link if you'd like to have a look. http://www.vtcrc.com/ - Joseph http://josephrooks.com josephro...@gmail.com On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Ryan Price wrote: > > I was having a discussion about coworking last night and in talking > about the efforts so many cities have now to cater to their "creative > class", it made me think about Universities. > > In Orlando, our major college (UCF) is not geographically integrated > with the city. You have to drive 30+ minutes outside of downtown (or > any established neighborhood) to get there. UCF is always calling > themselves "the partnership university" because of their ability to > partner with big businesses to bring in some research lab or new > school program. > > Why not form a "partnership" with the community as a whole and create > a coworking space on campus? It could be a way to encourage the local > workers to continue their education, and also provide them a place to > work on days when they have class. I think you would have to prevent > it from being flooded with students (honestly, most students probably > wouldn't even know it was there), but it could be cool. > > Does anyone know of schools that invite the community into their space > like this right now? > > My best example is UCF's small business incubator. The barriers to > entry are much higher than a traditional coworking space, but they > offer a lot more services. They actually have several locations > sprinkled around Orlando. > > Peace, > Ryan Price > CoLab Orlando > Orlando, FL > rpr...@ryanpricemedia.com > @liberatr > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
