Why Choose Community Warehousing?
Scalability is a problem that every business owner will face. Perhaps you have a great idea you've been tinkering around with, but you simply don't have the space to run the operation out of your apartment. Perhaps you've been working out of your basement or garage for years, and are finally ready to see if you can capture more market share. Or perhaps you just want to be able to enjoy unit price cost savings by being able to place larger orders with your suppliers and increase your profit margins. These are just a few of the reasons that have brought members to join or community warehouse in the past.
Co-Working spaces have become quite popular during the past few years all over the country. Virginia is no exception. Historically, when looking for a convenient spot to get some free wifi, grab a cup of coffee, and fire off a few emails, you might head down to your nearest Starbucks (or your own kitchen). However, if you're looking for a great place to meet with clients, do some design work on your laptop, and put in a few productive hours a week without constant distractions, then coworking spaces are ideally suited for you.
804RVA and GATHER are two of the premiere locations for this type of work environment in Richmond, whereas Office Alternatives provides a more 'traditional' office setting - but without the traditional office pricetag. The Broad is a co-working space designed just for women. And GangPlankRVA even offers a scrappy FREE space for entrepreneurs to work out of (although, with fewer amenities than that of most paid co-working spaces). But all of these spaces cater to business that primarily offer services, and operate almost entirely online. They aren't really set up to accomodate businesses that actually handle physical products.
If you are a hobbyist, or just need a space to protype new designs, both HACK RVA and BUILD RVA offer the perfect setup. They are fantastic groups of people with a plethora of cool tools and toys that you can tinker around with - and if you need to produce only the occasional small batch or handful of one-off items, then these places would be ideally suited for you.
However, if you need a space to actually manufacture, ship, store, or distribute your products, then RVA Sharehouse is probably going to be your best option until you are ready to step out on your own and lease an entire facility. Until that time, we will provide you with the tools and expertise to be able to most efficiently and sustainably scale your business. And when the time does eventually come for you to move on to something larger, we will be there to help you out every step of the way. Located just a few blocks down from Clopton SiteWorks, we can provide a turnkey transition that will allow your business to migrate seemlessly to your own larger facility when the time is right.
Co-Working spaces have become quite popular during the past few years all over the country. Virginia is no exception. Historically, when looking for a convenient spot to get some free wifi, grab a cup of coffee, and fire off a few emails, you might head down to your nearest Starbucks (or your own kitchen). However, if you're looking for a great place to meet with clients, do some design work on your laptop, and put in a few productive hours a week without constant distractions, then coworking spaces are ideally suited for you.
804RVA and GATHER are two of the premiere locations for this type of work environment in Richmond, whereas Office Alternatives provides a more 'traditional' office setting - but without the traditional office pricetag. The Broad is a co-working space designed just for women. And GangPlankRVA even offers a scrappy FREE space for entrepreneurs to work out of (although, with fewer amenities than that of most paid co-working spaces). But all of these spaces cater to business that primarily offer services, and operate almost entirely online. They aren't really set up to accomodate businesses that actually handle physical products.
If you are a hobbyist, or just need a space to protype new designs, both HACK RVA and BUILD RVA offer the perfect setup. They are fantastic groups of people with a plethora of cool tools and toys that you can tinker around with - and if you need to produce only the occasional small batch or handful of one-off items, then these places would be ideally suited for you.
However, if you need a space to actually manufacture, ship, store, or distribute your products, then RVA Sharehouse is probably going to be your best option until you are ready to step out on your own and lease an entire facility. Until that time, we will provide you with the tools and expertise to be able to most efficiently and sustainably scale your business. And when the time does eventually come for you to move on to something larger, we will be there to help you out every step of the way. Located just a few blocks down from Clopton SiteWorks, we can provide a turnkey transition that will allow your business to migrate seemlessly to your own larger facility when the time is right.