Re: the May 9 article "Rialto Block office building seeks tenant to replace coworking space."
As a four year member of Connect, who has visited many other co-working spaces nationally, I'm writing to counter the reporter's observation that workers here were not as collaborative as workers in other co-working spaces. The reporter acknowledged not speaking to any current tenant, so it is unclear on what this observation is based. I can tell you that I see rich and meaningful collaboration every hour of the day across a high proportion of the tenants, collaboration that results in new and better initiatives to strengthen business and serve our community. Compared to what I've seen in other co-working spaces elsewhere, Connect has an abundance of such rich and meaningful collaboration-- a culture of support and synergy that everyone of us is very sad to see be dismantled.
Jonathan Martin
Midtown
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
