Frederick Cowork is on a mission to give back by supporting local businesses At Cowork Frederick, supporting small businesses has always been part of their value system. “This is the season of giving, and we want to give back to our local business partners by raising awareness of the good they do and why they're important to us,” says Julia … [Read more...] about Cowork Frederick: A Few Favorite Things
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From Whiskey to Soda: Frederick Businesses Share Their Green Success Stories
If there’s anything I’ve learned in four years as a Frederick resident, it’s that there’s always something new to learn about this inimitable town. That was definitely the case at a recent Cowork Frederick event I attended. In the year since I joined Cowork Frederick, I’ve picked up plenty from everyone, members and owners alike. So I knew … [Read more...] about From Whiskey to Soda: Frederick Businesses Share Their Green Success Stories
Revisiting the Core Values of Coworking
Today, the word "coworking" is used to describe everything from a building full of private offices to "flex desks" to people gathering in someone’s living room to put in a good day’s work. Coworking - movement or marketing hype? When I first became acquainted with the term back in 2008, coworking was a grass-roots movement that grew from … [Read more...] about Revisiting the Core Values of Coworking
An Open Letter to the Members of Cowork Frederick
This is a story of struggle, persistence, of recovery, hope and gratitude. When news of the pandemic arrived, I feared for the survival of Cowork Frederick. Within a span of just 2 days, all meeting room reservations and events were cancelled. Members began leaving. For the first month, the governor announced new rules for business operations … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to the Members of Cowork Frederick
Coping with Corona (a Slack channel)
When the pandemic hit, we saw an opportunity to leverage our existing online communication platform (Slack) to help us, the members of Cowork Frederick, cope with what was coming. We created a channel called #coping-with-corona and invited people to share anything related to how they are doing just that. For a while, it was our most popular … [Read more...] about Coping with Corona (a Slack channel)