Co-working spaces

Coworking is a style of work that involves a shared working environment, often an office, and independent activity. Unlike in a typical office environment, those coworking are usually not employed by the same organization. Typically it is attractive to work-at-home professionals, independent contractors, or people who travel frequently who end up working in relative isolation. Coworking is also the social gathering of a group of people who are still working independently, but who share values, and who are interested in the synergy that can happen from working with people who value working in the same place alongside each other.

Coworking offers a solution to the problem of isolation that many freelancers experience while working at home, while at the same time letting them escape the distractions of home.

Since 2006 a few studies have shown the number of coworking spaces and available seats have roughly doubled each year.

San Francisco continues to have a large presence in the coworking community, and is home to a growing number of coworking places. Also in the bay area, Anca Mosoiu established Tech Liminal in 2009, a coworking place in Oakland. in Miami new places have been opening their doors, among them is CityDesk. Coworking has also spread into many other metropolitan areas, with cities such as Seattle, Washington,Portland, Oregon, and Wichita, Kansas now offering several thriving coworking venues. The New York coworking community has also been evolving rapidly in places like Regus and Rockefeller Group Business Center. Several new startups like WeWork have been expanding all over the city. The demand for coworking in Brooklyn neighborhoods is almost never ending due to the rise in the Millennials workforce, nearly one in 10 workers in the Gowanus area work from home. The industrial area of Gowanus, Brooklyn is seeing a surge in new startups like Coworkers, who are redesigning old buildings into new coworking spaces.

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