Tag: Bridge Space

Ben Rao, Bridge Space, Lee's Summit

Coworking space adds an unexpected pandemic pivot: video production for-hire

By Tommy Felts / February 9, 2021

COVID-19 initially brought community to an immediate halt at Bridge Space, Ben Rao said, as a significant portion of the Lee’s Summit workforce traded their office desks for empty nooks at home during the pandemic. “That community was the invisible energy that runs through Bridge Space,” Rao said of the coworking space he opened in…

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Spark Kansas City, murals by JT Daniels

JT Daniels’ murals infuse sparks of Kansas City into new downtown collaborative workspace

By Tommy Felts / September 2, 2020

A sprawling mural inside Spark Kansas City offers the new collaborative workspace and its members more than just a few pops of color, said JT Daniels. “The subjects are all important figures specific to KC’s history, both past and present,” said Daniels, a Kansas City-based illustrator and muralist tasked with helping bring Spark KC’s common…

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Gerald Smith, Plexpod

Created for collisions, coworking spaces adapt to a socially distant return to flexible offices

By Tommy Felts / June 18, 2020

Typically focused on in-person collaboration and interaction, coworking spaces are adapting to the realities of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — and seeing some unexpected opportunities, said Gerald Smith. “Corporate inquiries just went through the roof because suddenly they’re now looking to de-densify their corporate headquarters,” said Smith, founder of Plexpod, a progressive coworking community with four…

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Bridge Space opens doors to creativity, collaboration in Lee’s Summit (Photos)

By Tommy Felts / September 27, 2018

Set against the historic backdrop of the former Lee’s Summit post office, the past and present intentionally collide to create Bridge Space — a 13,000-square-foot coworking space that elevates entrepreneurs in the city’s bustling downtown business district, said Ben Rao. “I’m in the hospitality business. It’s about this experience that people have. We’re not just…

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Eems, KC Coworking Day 2018

Photos: KC Coworking Day sings virtues of big ideas in startup spaces

By Tommy Felts / August 11, 2018

KC Coworking Day is a celebration of people whose vision exceeds their circumstances, said Bob Martin. “If you’re an entrepreneur, and you have a vision, I hope your vision is so big that you’re uncomfortable sharing it with everybody — that there’s only a handful of people to whom you’re going to say, ‘This is…

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