By Blake Ashley Frino-Gerl

StoryLabs has been offering a community-based workspace in Atascadero since 2021. Their newest location opened in March 2024, after a 6-month rehabilitation project of the Decou Lumber building, which had been in operation since 1950.

Partner Greg Squires describes their unique business as a place where local workers can have a productive and collaborative workspace, as well as “where remote workers and small business can have access to private suites, dedicated desks, flex memberships, and private meeting rooms to make connections and get work done.” 

They have served over 80 people in their new location, which “is part of a broader development at the building called The Co-Op on El Camino Real,” Greg explains. “The broader property is designed to help people connect, learn, and create, offering industrial workspaces and makerspaces, nearby its StoryLabs professional offices.

“The response from the community has been super encouraging, and it’s a sign that our area has a substantial amount of remote workers and small businesses hungry for connection and community.”

StoryLabs has instilled the belief “that a more connected community is a more vibrant society and drives a more flourishing economy.” While caring for its members, they also facilitate human development workshops, organize business development workshops, and make “coaching and capital connections for entrepreneurs and rising local leaders,” he adds. 

Recently, members had a lunch meeting in which they each shared their accomplishments, and afterwards received the affirmation they often lack as remote workers. While co-working is their primary offering, which helps remote workers and small businesses have an affordable and productive space to get work done, they “aim for so much more than that.”

StoryLabs

8965 El Camino Real, Atascadero

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