News Release
Barrie, ON — Local entrepreneurs looking to get out of the house, out of the cafe, or out of their daily commute, and into a collaborative, community work environment have a new home in Barrie.
The Creative Space (TCS) www.thecreativespace.ca is a new generation of co-work environment that gives the creative class of workers the opportunity to face-to-face camaraderie of an office setting, in an affordable, creative atmosphere.
“This is a growing trend around the world and we’re doing our part to foster the creative economy locally,” said Chad Ballantyne, founder of The Creative Space. “This is just the start, we would like to see an entire building dedicated to helping small businesses, artists and professionals launch and grow.”
TCS takes away the isolation of home-based businesses and offers a workspace to connect with other business owners with a breadth of new ideas, experiences and best practices. Tenants benefit from the synergy produced by talented people working in the same space to create, relate, and collaborate.
“We’re here for each other as creative sounding-boards and for brainstorming. We love offering advice to each other and referring clients to each other,” said Ballantyne. “We’re inviting anyone, new media creators, artists, non-profit professionals, photographers, or anyone who is home-based, either by choice or circumstance, and can’t afford their own office,”
TCS offers flexible membership rates by month, three times a week, daily and hourly. Tenants get an open workspace and full use of amenities such as wireless internet. However, unlike other centres where tenants simply share cubicles and a kitchen, TCS unites people for a rare blend of collaboration and independence.
“Barrie’s first Creative Space is a really wonderful idea, and I know that it’s going to be a catalyst for some of the great conglomerations of creative minds that will take place in the City of Barrie,” said Quammie Williams, Director for the Department of Culture for the City of Barrie.
TCS is already home to more than 10 companies from new media design and marketing, to copy-writing and translation services to being home to non-profits like the Barrie Arts Advisor Committee and host to other landmark cultural meetings.
The Creative Space is located at 89 Dunlop St E Suite 101. Rates and information can be found on the website www.thecreativespace.ca