coworking and making - opportunities to bring economic development to empty buildings
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
TRANSFORMING EMPTY BUILDINGS INTO ECONOMIC DRIVERS
JUNE 22, 2015
COWORKING & MAKING
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
LarsTorres
LOCAL 64GENERATOR
ArtistEducator
Challenges, Competitions and Entrepreneurship
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
Coworking is an answer to the question, “How can we help independent entrepreneurs and creatives connect, grow their ventures, and foster startup communities?”
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
A makerspace is a shared shop with access to sometimes unusual tools, often with the goals of fostering creativity, learning, and entrepreneurship.
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
Both are products of an economy that is generating increasing incentives for creative talent to join the independent workforce.
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
POINT ONEKnow the local impact of economic shifts toward and independent workforce.
Who and how large is your potential market?
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
78 percent under 40
percent in web design, development44self-employed4:5
percent report increased income36
COWORKING SPACES
percent bike or walk30* 3rd Global Coworking Survey
Begun in mid- late 1990’s
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
• Establish presence, increase productivity• Break isolation, foster networks• Increase density of ideas, generate new
insights and value
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF COWORKING?
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
”
Coworking has revitalized my one-woman business. I feel more productive and far less isolated. It's given me a work community--something that, as a freelancer, is not naturally built in to my life.
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* Local 64 Member Survey, November 2012
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
MAKER SPACESBegun in early 2000’s
2,000 + makerspaces in US
60,000 sq/ft largest we know of in US
6 + in Vermont online or in the works
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF MAKERSPACES?
Innovation in tool-making Skills, training, learning Inspired projects New companies, livelihoods
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
Generator's Maker in Residence program gave me the opportunity to take my craft from a hobby and transform it into a successful small business.”
* Generator Member Survey, April 2015
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
POINT TWOKnow local market ripeness for coworking and makerspaces.
What are local pain points that you can solve directly?
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
POINT THREEMake your space irresistable.
What does downtown Springfield offer that can be leveraged in a package?
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
Pick My Brain• What do you want to know about
building coworking and makerspaces?
• How does Springfield celebrate creativity and entrepreneurship?
• What brings creatives and young people into town?
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GENERATOR INC | 2015 SPRINGFIELD ON THE MOVE ANNUAL MEETING
THANK YOU!Lars Hasselblad [email protected]@lhtorres