Co-working a Growing Trend

Co-working seems to be a growing trend. It’s efficient, fun (or, can be), and eco-friendly. Here’s the intro to an in-depth piece on this trend on the New Urban Network:

Rod Stevens, the business development consultant from Bainbridge Island, Washington, dropped into New Haven in late December, wanting to take a look at a “co-working loft” called the Bourse.

Stevens tracks the movements and preferences of creative workers, especially in the West, and he’s noticed a growing number of “co-working spaces” — facilities where independent workers cluster together in search of coffee, colleagues, conversation, and sometimes collaboration.

In Stevens’ view, New Urbanism has for years focused much of its energy on building vivacious retail and shopping streets. The challenge now, he thinks, is to shift to a different emphasis — toward making workplaces that suit today’s workforce and strengthen a community’s vitality.

Read the full piece here: When co-working comes to town

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