http://www.inmanpark.com/property/details.php?m=d&id=52&c=

Any takers? Anyone have any contacts at Inman Park Properties?

I just put up some thoughts on pricing for a coworking space in Atlanta. As a disclaimer none of this is set in stone but merely a foundation to get some conversations started.

Over the coming weeks we should be scheduling a meeting of the community to further grow the idea of the space and the membership levels. I am calling out Mike Schinkel to organize this as he said he would. Plus he’s a great guy and has experience with organizing the masses.

So go check out the pricing page and leave some feedback.

Space

This is probably the trickiest part of the whole thing. Where do we setup? Where would the entrepreneurs and folks be willing to travel to? It’s a delicate balance of cost per square foot, location and finding a “cool” space.

There have been ideas tossed around from Midtown to Norcross to West end Atlanta, there is a rumor that even ATDC might be willing to forgo some space. We also have the issue of ITP verses OTP. There is also corporations that are willing to offer up some of their space.

In reality it might come down to having multiple spaces in Atlanta.

In closing

We do have some disconnected efforts going on which can either help or hurt us. I for one have the f**k it attitude and say let’s get something going, don’t really care who does it or where it’s located. I think all of Atlanta can agree that we need something, anything.

I would like all of us, Cowork Atlanta, Jelly Atlanta and everyone else working on this to get together and figure it out. I don’t want this effort to end up the same way Citizen Desk of Wisconsin did. BTW…. they attributed their downfall to “…slow adoption rate for new ideas around here.”

I do welcome and encourage anyone that wants to be part of Atlanta Coworking to use this blog and the coworking wiki as a place to share their ideas.

Where are we at?

That’s a good question. My personal opinion, which is different than others, is that we aren’t far. A lot of chatter on Twitter but that is about it. We need to organize, if only a little, to get this on the fast track.

Where are we going?

I think all we can all agree that we are looking for a permenant space. This space can be utilized for hot-desks and permenant desks as well as a meeting facility that could include a training room along with multiple conference rooms.

The location is a different story. There have been discussions of spaces both inside and outside the perimeter as well spaces located near marta, etc. If you do have a suggestions, please leave a comment.

Next steps?

From here we really need to get a solid idea of who is willing to pay and how much you would pay. Think of this as an informal survey. So if you like the idea we need you to leave a comment below. After the next week or so we’ll begin formalizing meet-ups to get feedback from the community and figure our who take the lead on all of this.