The Business Evolution Center is being called an "experiment" in which the village will license village hall cubicle space to help fledgling companies get off the ground.
Small start-up businesses needing help to get launched will soon be able to turn to Plainfield's new Business Evolution Center, which won Plainfield Village Board approval Monday to use unoccupied space in village hall. A 4,000-square-foot section of the building, previously used by the village building department, will be divided into cubicles that can be rented for $100 a month by local residents who are creating a new business but do not yet have the means to lease office space. Participants will have to meet specific criteria and will sign a license agreement that allows them to use the space for a maximum of 18 months. The contract can be terminated without cause at the village's discretion, village Planner Michael Garrigan said. "The…
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Business owners would rent cubicles for a nominal fee in order to have a professional place to do work, meet clients and eventually grow large enough to rent actual office space.
Eight or so years ago, when construction on the then-new Plainfield Village Hall was completed, the economy was booming and village had 40 more people on its payroll then than it does today. Fast-forward to 2012, and the economy needs all the help it can get, one section of village hall is unoccupied -- and an idea is born. The Business Evolution Center, in which fledgling businesses would be given village office space at a nominal fee to help them get off the ground, is being proposed by village staff. If approved by the Plainfield Village Board, it could be in place by month’s end, Village Planner Michael Garrigan said. “If you grow a business in a community, then it’s more likely to stay in the community,” Village Administrator Brian …
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Sheila Raddatz
3:03 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wouldn't a Plainfield museum, branch for the library, college extension or maybe a home for scouting programs be a little more community appropriate? Small businesses starting out of a home have tax deductions that a $100 cubicle outside of the home wouldn't offer. Maybe the voters booths could take up the extra floor place..... more ›