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New 'Co-Working' Space In Hamtramck Looks To Make Business Easier For Entrepreneurs

HAMTRAMCK (WWJ) -- With the rise of entrepreneurship within the city of Detroit, branding and graphic design company Design Scholar has announced the opening of a new workspace aspiring business owners.

The Community of Creatives and Doers -- or COCAD -- is a Hamtramck-based co-working space that is geared towards "creatives and area entrepreneurs." The facility is getting ready to host its first free co-working day on May 2 where it will showcase its wide selection of amenities.

CEO Shadrick Bowens says the space holds everything anyone would need to run a small business.

"We have a conference room, we have what we call the phone booth -- a quiet area for people to go and have phone conversations," Bowens said. "We also have a print station where people can actually hook up to our network and print. We have a projector that they can use if they want to do a presentation with one of their clients."

Community of Creatives and Doers or COCAD
(photo: Brooke Allen/WWJ)

Members of COCAD will have access to other services ranging from 24-hour keycard access, free Wi-Fi, various community initiatives, white boards and even a full kitchen.

"The reason why there aren't so many desks in there [is] because no one has a dedicated space," Bowens said. "So, what people do is they walk through the door, sit down at an available desk and they just start working."

Membership begins as low as $75 a month.

"Co-working spaces are a little different," Bowens said. "A lot of people don't work at the same time, especially creatives. Some people work well from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., some people work well from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and some people work really well at night."

The new innovation hub is located in downtown Hamtramck on Jos Campau Street. Attendees to Monday's event are asked to register at www.cocad.co.

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