{"id":18075,"date":"2019-08-29T16:25:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T22:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/green-spaces-aims-to-spark-innovation\/"},"modified":"2019-08-29T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T22:25:01","slug":"green-spaces-aims-to-spark-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/green-spaces-aims-to-spark-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Spaces aims to spark innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jayson Harris, left, and Austin Gray recently opened Green Spaces, a new co-working space in downtown Winter Park. The business has another location in Denver, and members get unlimited access to both locations.<\/strong>
Eli Pace \/ epace@skyhinews.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Two young entrepreneurs have opened a new co-working space in Winter Park that could easily appeal to powder-seeking pros on the Front Range, but might also offer a local business owner room to grow, too.<\/p>\n

Owned by Jayson Harris and Austin Gray, Green Spaces has private office space, dedicated desks and comfortable lounge seating available for lease at its newest location in downtown Winter Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a place for people to come and work,\u201d Harris said. \u201cIt could be for entrepreneurs, freelancers, founders of companies, remote workers, local businesses or startup companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green Spaces relies on a membership-based business model much like a gym. On Main Street, Green Spaces sits below residential condos in a glass-walled commercial space by The Perk coffee shop, putting the new business within easy access of downtown and its many amenities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe location was really important to be right in the middle of downtown Winter Park,\u201d Harris said, adding that the nearby mountain bike trails have already proven to be a great asset.<\/p>\n

Perks of a Green Spaces membership also include free coffee and tea from The Perk, which has the same owners, happy hours, daily human interaction, 24\/7 access and Wifi. The co-working space is leased out through membership packages, and the packages are offered at a few levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can have your own private office, you can have a dedicated desk or you can have access to the lounge, which is similar to a coffee shop,\u201d Harris said of the different membership tiers.<\/p>\n

Green Spaces has 11 offices inside its Winter Park location for lease, in addition to a sleek common area with dedicated desks and a cozy lounge space with couches and soft seating. There are also conference rooms, fast internet and a modern interior design with a nod to sustainability. The offices start at $695 a month while a dedicated desk runs $250 a month and lounge space is $195 a month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea behind co-working is it\u2019s a sustainable way for people to have a place to come work,\u201d Harris said, emphasizing that some professionals might not want to sign long-term leases, buy insurance or jump through all the necessary hoops to open their own office space.<\/p>\n

Green Spaces in Winter Park is the business\u2019s second location after it first opened in Denver\u2019s River North Arts District (RiNo) in 2008. With sites in Denver and Winter Park, members can easily shift their work from Denver to Winter Park, and vise versa, under a single membership that\u2019s good at both locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother thing that\u2019s really cool about a partnership we\u2019ve done \u2026 is we have a network of 300-plus spaces throughout the U.S., which are primarily focused in Colorado and Colorado mountain towns, so if someone has a membership at Green Spaces, they can get unlimited access to Winter Park and Denver, plus three days access to pretty much all of the other mountain towns within Colorado,\u201d Gray said.<\/p>\n

Such an arrangement could easily bridge the gap for someone who works and lives on the Front Range and wants to squeeze in some ski trips, especially on a weekday.<\/p>\n

However, the two owners have also found that professionals living in the area year-round can find value in having a base for their business operations as well. By signing on with Green Spaces, they might even land an office setting they otherwise couldn\u2019t afford.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would love to enable local entrepreneurs, local startup companies, local remote workers to be here,\u201d Harris said of Green Spaces. \u201cThat\u2019s going to be the community; that\u2019s the base of who we are. The tourists and drop-ins, and the people coming up from Denver, that will certainly be a part of this space \u2026 but what we get really excited about is creating a healthy environment in Winter Park for innovation and startup companies.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more about the business, go to GreenSpaces.com.<\/p>\n

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