{"id":2455033,"date":"2020-02-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=321510"},"modified":"2020-02-26T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:00:00","slug":"engage-coworking-offers-shared-office-space-for-snowmass-locals-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/engage-coworking-offers-shared-office-space-for-snowmass-locals-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage Coworking offers shared office space for Snowmass locals, visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6192468619247\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-321510-647\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/engage-svs-022620-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/engage-svs-022620-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun | People work in the Engage Coworking space in the Snowmass Village Mall on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Engage Coworking is a shared workspace that encourages community and collaboration between members, while staff facilitate interaction. (Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>People work in the Engage Coworking space in the Snowmass Village Mall on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Engage Coworking is a shared workspace that encourages community and collaboration between members, while staff facilitate interaction. (Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/engage-svs-022620-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"People work in the Engage Coworking space in the Snowmass Village Mall on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Engage Coworking is a shared workspace that encourages community and collaboration between members, while staff facilitate interaction. (Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/engage-svs-022620-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/engage-svs-022620-1-1-1024x675.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun | Engage Coworking space is a communal workspace on the Snowmass Village Mall on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Engage Coworking space is a communal workspace on the Snowmass Village Mall on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/Snowmass Sun<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/engage-svs-022620-1-1-1024x675.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Engage Coworking space is a communal workspace on the Snowmass Village Mall on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/engage-coworking-offers-shared-office-space-for-snowmass-locals-visitors\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/engage-coworking-offers-shared-office-space-for-snowmass-locals-visitors\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">From locally owned boutiques and ski shops to a wide variety of restaurants, there are a lot of businesses and organizations that operate out of the Snowmass Village Mall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But although the mall boasts a lot of offerings for locals and visitors, there\u2019s one business that is different from the rest: Engage Coworking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A second-floor space with five small private offices, several individual \u201chot\u201d desks, a conference room and kitchen, Engage Coworking operates as a shared office for small business owners or employees who work remotely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Over the past decade, coworking spaces have rapidly popped up all over the United States, with flexible office spaces accounting for nearly two-thirds of all U.S. office absorption in 2018, and 2% of Denver\u2019s entire office market, according to the Colorado Real Estate Journal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In Snowmass, Engage Coworking opened its doors to village residents and visitors January 2019 to meet the growing need for small, affordable office spaces in the upper valley, according to Shawn Gleason, owner of Engage Coworking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Gleason said when he and Dwayne Romero of the Romero Group, which operates most of the Snowmass Mall, were looking at how best to utilize the then-vacant Village Mall space, they saw most of the small office spaces in the Aspen-Snowmass area were occupied or had a waiting list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cFinding a space, signing a lease and setting up electricity and WiFi are big hurdles,\u201d Gleason said, referring to small business owners or remote employees who may be looking for their own office spaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s important to help small businesses get started by offering a more affordable space like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Although Gleason said the first year has been a little slower than expected and that it took awhile for people to learn about Enagage Coworking, he feels the shared office space has given many people the opportunity to work outside of their homes in a professional environment and to meet other small business owners or remote workers in the village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">One of those people is Adas Wolk, a senior tech advisor with Decypher Technologies in Glenwood Springs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Wolk said he started utilizing Engage Coworking soon after it opened in 2019, as it wasn\u2019t ideal for him to commute to Glenwood more than twice a week as a result of his company\u2019s Aspen office closing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s a really nice space and environment to work in that\u2019s convenient and good for professional workers,\u201d said Wolk, who lives in Snowmass Village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Brooke Pashley, who leads Roam Robotics in Snowmass out of one of Engage Coworking\u2019s private offices, expressed similar thoughts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">She said she feels close with most everyone who utilizes the coworking space, which has helped her learn more about area businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cEveryone is super friendly and it\u2019s just a homey, very professional atmosphere,\u201d Pashley said. \u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to have other people who are experiencing the same things you are as a business professional working there with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This networking piece is important to Gleason, and that is why Engage Coworking has hosted weekly happy hour events to bring more members and locals together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Gleason hopes to add more programming for members over the next year, along with potentially acquiring more office spaces and private phone booths for people to make conference calls, adding to the shared office experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe really want to create a place for professionals to work outside of their home and to get better connected with the Snowmass community,\u201d Gleason said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:mvincent@aspentimes.com\">mvincent@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/snowmass\/engage-coworking-offers-shared-office-space-for-snowmass-locals-visitors\/\" 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Engage Coworking is a shared workspace that encourages community and collaboration between members, while staff facilitate interaction. 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