Beyond the traditional uses of Coworking Spaces

People often view a coworking space as a location with a collection of offices, open seating, dedicated desks, conference rooms, and phone booths. The benefits of leveraging coworking spaces for things other than “a place to work for a while” continue to grow as coworking spaces become more of a neighborhood resource for business. That’s right, people thrive in coworking spaces. Often overlooked are the non-traditional uses of coworking spaces.

Less-obvious uses of co-working spaces

Meetup Groups – looking for a venue to hold their meetings. Meetup groups that typically meet indoors such as programming groups, marketing groups, and recovery groups.
Book Clubs – More private than the local coffee shop or library

Wedding Rehearsals – Avoid the often expensive use of a wedding facility. Let’s face it, weddings are big business (and costly). Why spends thousands on the rehearsal? Use that money for your honeymoon.

Church Groups – Sundays are typically slow in most coworking spaces. Queue up the church groups!
Pinball Tournaments – on the weekend when the coworking spaces have easy 1st-floor access to move machines in and out for a weekend tournament
Cake Decorating Classes – if you have a good-sized kitchen and plenty of counter space, this can be an attractive option for you
Yoga Classes – our conference rooms can accommodate small Yoga classes
Meeting with your CPA – Maybe your CPA works from their home office? The two of you can meet in a small conference room in a coworking space to find out just how large your refund will be. And if you end up owing a lot of money to the government, there’s a chance that a therapist and/or financial planner may also be using the same co-working space…..so there, you’re covered.
Meeting with your Accountant or tax professional – Tax planning and preparing tax returns for individuals and businesses. Sometimes this task is better handled in person instead of a long thread of email between you and your accountant. The Ray Room is perfect for this type of meeting.
MDs, Nurse Practitioners, NMD – most coworking spaces, although typically a communal type of experience can also allow for privacy. Enough of it to be HIPAA compliant.
Video Shoots – The Works can easily be an “office environment” for your next video shoot. Green screen available. We have a green screen available for video shoots.
Video Upload center – Maybe that wifi at your hotel isn’t the most secure or fast internet connection. Save some time and sanity by leveraging our Fiber Optic internet.

If you can see beyond the traditional uses of Coworking Spaces give us a call at 480-788-2296 or email us at hello@theworksgilbert.com