September 2, 2010
Last week, we caught up with Robert Orr, creator of the Bourse, a new coworking space in New Haven. He brought us up to speed on his plans, but also gave us some background on coworking.
Over the summer, there’s been lots of news on the Connecticut incubator and coworking front; Ctech has expanded to two new incubator spaces, the Grove opened in New Haven. And in the month of September, The Bourse opens in New Haven.
Located at 839 Chapel Street, the Bourse aims to provide a creativity-boosting, unique work space to individuals and small teams. Like most coworking facilities, the Bourse provides wi-fi, utilities, coffee and other office basics. As Robert Orr tells us in the interview, he sees it as a place for a diverse set of people to share and exchange ideas.
A website to be launched will provide more details and pricing. For more information pre-opening, email robert.orr@robertorr.com.
The Bourse Entry
The Bourse Salon
The Bourse was featured in a recent Hartford Courant story:
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/hc-op-langdon-coworking-0605-20110605,0,3402069.story
With unemployment at 9.1%, and the global definition of work undergoing radical change, coworking spaces like the Grove and Bourse are helping provide a kind of a community safety net, where new ideas can be explored, unconventional collaboration can be pursued.
“Style aside, the goal of both these places is the same: to accommodate the emerging phenomenon of individuals coming together to share a work space. In 2005, four tech workers on the West Coast started the San Francisco Co-Working Space — apparently the first facility to use the term “co-working.” Since then, co-working has grown into an international movement, with more than 300 locations in the US.”