New offices and workstations are open at Groover Labs! 8 offices, 12 workstations, 2 rooms, 2 call booths—ready for teams individual workers. Come tour!
We’re excited to share: the Groover Labs courtyard canopy is complete—a shaded workspace for when Kansas weather cooperates.
Groover Labs members Mark Janzen and Jacob Schlittenhardt just launched Planetary Talent, a startup born from their time at Groover Labs.
We added a new pod of desks, and we made them in the Maker Labs. Over the past few months, we’ve added a lot of new members, so we needed create some more space.
Our hotseats are the easiest and most affordable membership level we offer on a month-to-month basis. But what are they? Hotseats are open-area workstations that are available to members and day pass users on a first-come, first-served basis. They don’t have permanent owners and cannot be formally reserved.
De-densify is the new word in real estate. Businesses who once paid large sums to fit as many employees as possible into an office are looking for ways to reduce the number of workers in their buildings to meet social distancing guidelines. Some are turning to coworking as a solution.
Maggie Gilmore, our community associate and the first person you see when you come to Groover Labs, has spent time learning more about 3D printing. She’s writing about the experience on our forum and on our blog.
The U.S. Small Business Administration and banks are providing assistance to businesses during the public health crisis. Read the guidelines for various programs to see if your business qualifies for help.
Co-founder Tracy Hoover writes about sewing fabric face masks for her family, friends and others, offering information she found while researching patterns and materials. It’s a great time to dust off your machine.
The Groover Labs community has turned its focus to helping the greater community during the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about what we’re doing to flatten the curve.
Groover Labs is closed until further notice to anyone who is not a member. We are actively looking for ways to apply our makerspace equipment to deliver critically needed resources such as surgical masks and face shields.
Has the coronavirus attacked your bottom line? The State of Kansas wants to hear from you so it can apply for a disaster declaration with the SBA.
CYBER SECURITY WORKSHOPS POSTPONED
We've been talking about an upcoming cyber security workshop in partnership with SBA Wichita and FlagshipKansas.Tech on March 26. We received word earlier this week that the workshop has been postponed to a later date.
Rise of the Rest Postponed: Earlier this week, Steve Case announced that they have decided to postpone the 2020 Rise of the Rest tour, which includes their event schedule for Wichita on March 20, 2020. Read more about their decisions here.
Groover Labs coworking members devICT, a community of developers, recently sponsored a two-day Civic Tech Hackathon at Groover Labs to work on voteICT.org.
