We added a new pod of desks, and we made them in the Maker Labs. Over the past few months, we’ve added a lot of new members, so we needed create some more space.
Our hotseats are the easiest and most affordable membership level we offer on a month-to-month basis. But what are they? Hotseats are open-area workstations that are available to members and day pass users on a first-come, first-served basis. They don’t have permanent owners and cannot be formally reserved.
Longtime Groover Labs member and Flint Hills Group founder Dave Cunningham launched the Whiskey Shelf app at the beginning of 2023. In February, the app went live on the App Store and Google Play. Read the latest updates about what Dave and his team are up to, how they came up with Whiskey Shelf (including experience with Campfire), and more!
We are thrilled to receive funding from the Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) 2.0 economic development grant for our CyberLink Infrastructure Expansion Project. BASE funds are intended to address infrastructure and economic development needs, and our grant award will allow us to continue critical projects we had to cancel or delay because of the Covid-19 global pandemic.
One of our members, IdeaTek, was in the news recently. On Monday, October 25, the Wichita Eagle, in partnership with the Kansas Reflector, published an article about how CARES Act relief money to the tune of $50 million has gone into expanding broadband internet access in rural communities across Kansas. Photo Courtesy of the Kansas Reflector.
Here’s a roundup of Groover Labs members in the news: QuickHire in the Wichita Eagle and WBJ, FlagshipKansas.Tech in the WBJ twice, Kansas Global Trade Services with a frontpage story in the Wichita Eagle, IdeaTek in HutchNews.com, KingFit in Startland News. Our coworking members have been busy.
Over the past month our we’ve had an uptick in membership, an encouraging sign for what we’re trying to accomplish here at Groover Labs. Read about our new members below. We are delighted to have them join our community!
Welcome to IdeaTek and Kate Van Steenhuyse!
Buhler-based IdeaTek will receive $13.71 million from four Connectivity Emergency Response Grants (CERG) awarded by the state in response to the novel coronavirus to extend its fiber-optic network to unserved and underserved areas in parts of more than a dozen area counties.
Gigabit fiber is running at Groover Labs, which means we have dedicated internet access that’s ours, ours, all ours! It’s just one of many benefits at our collaboration hub.
We wanted to let you know what we’ve been up to at 334 N. St. Francis. Even though we haven’t fully opened yet, we’ve certainly been busy. Take a look at what it takes to open a place like ours.
