Announcing the opening of Citizen Desk - Wausau’s very own co-working space.

We’re in high gear preparing the workspace with new desks, fresh paint and all kinds of niceties — see for yourself at Washington Square, 300 Third Street suite 400, Wausau. Our space is on the fourth floor overlooking Downtown Wausau and Rib Mountain.

For more information, please contact us at (408) 888-2657 or info@citizendesk.com

Anna Jane Grossman 07.20.07 | 2:00 AM

On a recent Thursday afternoon, in a butter-colored fourth-floor living room on West 39th Street in New York, six men were taking a work break, but it didn’t involve cigarettes or coffee. They lifted their attention from their laptops to discuss Jelly, the name of their bi-weekly gathering frequented mostly by self-employed web entrepreneurs.

One man challenged the others to explain in seven words or less why they’d come.
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by Worldchanging San Francisco local blogger, Britt Bravo:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, almost half (49 percent) of the nation’s businesses are operated from home. Working from home provides amazing freedom, but with that freedom can come isolation. Community and opportunities for collaboration can be lost when it is just you sitting down to work each day.

Coworking, a group of individual entrepreneurs sharing a work space, can provide that community while also being an environmentally sustainable choice. I talked to Chris Messina of Citizen Agency and Ivan Storck of SustainableMarketing.com about their green coworking space in San Francisco, Citizen Space for the Big Vision Podcast and have posted a transcript of the interview below.

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