[Chirb] Drop-In Office Space

[Jason Rexilius]

Wow! Someone did the CoWorking thing. very cool.. we had talked about 
that at the first BARcamp.

When we move into our new office space downtown, we will be offering 
some open Coworking space as well (215 w Ohio, the former Electronic 
Arts building). Will update when thats available.

We are currently working out of temp office space in the Loop at 210 s 
Clark by the graces of Phil Tadros (of metroproper.com and dollop coffee 
shop fame). philcoextra at gmail.com - ping him, there is more space on the 
floor, although it aint pretty.

The Incubator in Evanston (where I started and live) is now defunct but 
a couple of companies stuck around and you might be able to sublet 
office space.  Not sure how to get a hold of people there but you could 
try Rob Jacobi robert.jacobi at arctg.com




Sean Corbett wrote:
> Hi Troy,
> 
> You might be able to set something up with the Chicago Coworking
> people: http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingChicago
> 
> Their space is in Ravenswood (right off of Montrose Brown I think.)
> They've sometimes got desk space, and have a conference room which
> people sign up for time slots on.  It was being managed by Jeff Park
> (jeffpark at gmail.com) last time I was there.  He's a nice guy and open
> to working something out.  Jeff's office phone number: 773.583.4960.
> 
> -Sean Corbett
> 
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Troy Denkinger <tdenkinger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm probably dreaming for thinking I can find what I'm looking for,
>> but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any ideas.
>>
>> I'm managing a small Rails development team here in Chicago.  We're
>> mostly on the north side in Rogers Park/Andersonville/Evanston.  We
>> all work from home and communicate by IRC, email and phone.  But
>> sometimes we want to get together and brainstorm, use a whiteboard, or
>> shoot the breeze.  We currently meet at Metropolis Coffee on Granville
>> due to it's good coffee and free wifi.  But the lack of whiteboards is
>> a problem, not to mention the uneven availability of power outlets and
>> tables.
>>
>> Has anyone ever heard of office space one can rent on a regular basis
>> on the north side?  Regus offers such a thing in the Loop, but that's
>> not very convenient for us, and I'm not sure we really need all the
>> services they offer.  I'd be looking for something like two days a
>> week for three hours each day, access to large whiteboards and wifi.
>>
>> Am I nuts to believe something like this exists outside the Loop?
>>
>> Thanks for any pointers,
>>
>> Troy
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