Cincy Coworks

I can say from personal experience that it’s difficult to work from home. (I should know — I’m doing it right now!)
There are a lot of great advantages to working from home (rolling out of bed in your underwear and getting to work is my favorite), but there are a lot of difficult things too. For one, people aren’t really meant to be alone all the time. We need to talk and laugh and bounce ideas off of each other. Yes, co-​workers can be annoying as hell, but a lot of time, it’s better to have them than not.
Luckily, I’m in a job where I’m constantly OUT of my home, walking and talking and eating with people. Others are not so lucky — and that’s where Cincy Coworks comes in.
Two guys who do freelance work realized that they needed others as not to go insane, so they rented out a space in Walnuts Hills, set it all up with furniture and Internet, a kitchen in the back and started spreading the word about the place — not just for working together but for building a community of freelancer and home workers. People rent a desk and they get a key so they can come in at any hour of the day or night to work.
They’re just getting started but I see a lot of potential in an idea like this. I see it growing and them having branches throughout the Cincinnati — a whole network of freelance spots. It’s just so cool.
In fact, I love this space. I love the badass factor. I love the exposed brick. I love the beer in the fridge and the fun atmosphere that comes with it. I even love the idea that everyone can be better together and still be able to do their own thing.
I came here for when they allowed me to watch one of my Watch This movies (we’re screening all of the 100 AFI’s top films in a year all throughout Cincinnati for free), and I was overwhelmed — both with the space and the idea. I would gladly be a part of this, expect I’m never really sitting in front of a computer. I’m always out and about in Cincinnati talking or meeting or something. But if that ever changes, I would certainly ask to be part of this great project — if there’s a spot open at that point, that is!