After conversations with the current owners of The Box, we have jointly agreed that February will be our last month managing the 2nd floor office space. So here’s a look back and a look forward at this interesting building we’ve been proud to call home for the last handful of hopeful years.

Commonplace and Commongrounds are two mission-aligned, but independent organizations. We have separate staff, boards, budgets, and  work. Here are some ways in which we’re aligned but different!

Patagonia hasn’t always been the perfect paradigm of the triple-bottom line. Here are a few big takeaways from the company’s history and from founder and (former) owner Yvon Chouinard’s Let My People Go Surfing.

"I sum it up by saying Street Outreach brings resources to help people in their homelessness right where they are.” Learn more about Goodwill’s Street Outreach program and The Northwest Coalition to End Homelessness from Commonplacer Ryan Hannon.

First, Coworking was an experiment. Then it was an industry. Now it's a movement. Coworking has evolved in waves, and it’s worth looking at the history of these to understand where a little cluster of happy coworking spaces like Commonplace fits into the movement.

It seems like a fitting time to both look back at our recent history and to gaze forward at the near future of Commonplace. And maybe the most succinct way to sum it up is that we are now firmly in a decade of joyful debt.

Come collaborate with like-minded peers and build a brand new startup from scratch over 54 exciting hours! Here’s everything you need to know for this exciting event.

We're so lucky to have an amazing group of nonprofits and community-focused businesses which use our two spaces. Some have a full office, some just pop in when they need a space to feel productive, connected, and welcomed. And we have new and interesting folks dropping by every day to make use of our conference rooms and day pass coworking!

Here’s a list of some of our Commonplacers. (Note: We update this monthly.)