After Lauren Walker of Coworks teamed with Jerome Chang and Jackie LaTragna for February’s event, why did Amanda Lewan at Bamboo raise her hand for hosting this August?

The reason is simple: because it matters. Community-builders need community and nobody understand what operators are doing like OTHER operators.

Join us for a two day getaway and gathering with coworking industry leaders.

​Designed for Community Managers, Directors of Sales, COOs, CEOs, industry leaders and builders. This summer summit will focus on themes and strategies to help you fund your growth while staying true to your community roots as you scale.

​Why Attend?

​This summit is designed for action and support. Arrive to dive into funding options for growth, building operationally with AI, community and team care, as well as an expanded “un-conference” for peer support. Leave with new friends and perspectives.

​Venue & Co-host

​Join us at Bamboo Grand Rapids, located twenty minutes from the shores of beautiful lake Michigan in a fast-growing creative city. Grand Rapids is known in the Midwest as beer city, furniture city, and has a growing creative and design industry. Our venue is a former 40,000 sq ft art gallery recently renovated into a coworking and conference center.

Event by People of Coworking.

Matthew Gira shares a fascinating look at Bamboo‘s founding story, from a $5k loan over 200,000 sqft of coworking space under management.

Fascinating to learn more about Amanda Lewan and the team’s early coworking story.

Amanda Lewan from Bamboo joined the Flex Uncensored podcast to discuss everything from humble beginnings, Craigslist, growing beyond Detroit, their strategy for operating AND managing, a 115k sqft school conversion and public-private partnerships.

Amanda Lewan announced Bamboo‘s fifth location at The Jefferson Hub, a historic school in Detroit developed by Invest Detroit in partnership with Ferlito Group, where Bamboo will serve as program and property manager.

The 115k-sqft innovation and office space opens in September 2025, featuring team suites for 500-10k sqft, shared kitchens, training rooms, conference rooms, and on-site parking for mission-based nonprofits, startups, and growing teams. Bamboo will also operate a coworking space inside the building’s former gymnasium, with members gaining access to amenities in the building and Jefferson Hub tenants receiving access to all Bamboo locations.