Working from home seems pretty ideal (at first) until your dog is sleeping on your laptop or your kid is throwing a toy at your head, or you just miss real human conversation. Coworking now constitutes 27 million square feet of office space. Emergent Research predicts it will double in the next two years — a 23.8 percent compounded annual growth rate.

Coworking culture is a lot like beer culture. They do not look at each other as competitors but as supporters who want to help people who are interested in working outside of the traditional “box."

We are lucky enough to have quite a few coworking spaces (listed at the bottom of this article) in our little city – and even more lucky that there will soon be *two* new kids on the coworking block:

1️⃣ Brickyard is going into NEXT Manufacturing, near the new City Park + is focusing on small team spaces. event spaces, and hugely supporting entrepreneurs.

2️⃣ Serendipity Labs Coworking is going to occupy 24,000 sq ft in the former Piedmont Plush Mill on Highway 123 across from Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital. The redevelopment will keep the open space, high ceilings, exposed brick walls, and will include meeting rooms, wellness rooms, a work lounge, Lab Café, and more.

Check out these other awesome coworking spaces:

👨‍💻 Endeavor | 1 North Main St., 4th Floor (inside the ONE Building) | Offers memberships from 5 days a month to a lockable office | Memberships start at $125+ | Bonus: An in-office corgi + downtown views 🐶

👨‍💻 Atlas Local | 25 Draper Street (inside Brandon Mill) | Reserve a desk a few times a month or get a solo office space for ultimate privacy | Memberships start at $150+ | Atlas has been in the coworking game for a while (since 2007).

👨‍💻OpenWorks | 101 North Main St., 3rd Floor (inside NEXT on Main in Bank of America Building) | Part-time + desk memberships start at $100 | Bonus: Methodical coffee in lobby

👨‍💻 Serendipity Labs | 200 Easley Bridge Rd. (formerly Plush Mill) | Opening Summer 2018 | Memberships include team rooms, dedicated offices, wellness rooms, a work lounge, visual studios, and of course, a cafe for alllll your coffee needs ☕

👨‍💻 Society Hall | 504 Rhett Street | 3,000+ square feet of office space | Rent a desk or event space, with restaurant space available, private phone booths and for you healthy people, a workout room | Day passes available ($20), members get a “floating” desk ($249/month) or a dedicated desk ($329/month)

👨‍💻 Godwin GO-Work | 880 S Pleasantburg Drive | Run by the team at Godwin Accounting, and membership includes Godwin's Start-Up School, which is financial management and mentoring for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

👨‍💻 Textile Hall | 582 Perry Ave | 24/hour secured access and a bike co-op

👨‍💻 Comradery Cowork | 25 Delano Drive (in the same building as Soul Yoga + Swamp Rabbit Crossfit) | For the fitness enthusiast who needs to get some work done | Join Comradery for as little as $99/Mo.