Ashley Proctor from Creative Blueprint (and a whole bunch of other important coworking things, like Coworking Canada) penned her superb reflections on what’s changed – and what should never – on the 20th celebration of International Coworking Day.

"We measure the impact of the coworking movement by the strength and the depth of the waves we are making." Yes!

After two years of work and partnership building – not to mention 7.5 years of operating a small rural coworking space – nonprofit Sierra Shared Spaces has acquired the land to build an innovative Community Hub in the mountain town of Lake Isabella in Kern County, California. The project is led by Justin Powers of Kernville Cowork with support from Ashley Proctor of Creative Blueprint.

We’re excited to see what the community will build!

Christian Schmitz from SALTO interviewed Ashley Proctor on the occasion of her marking two decades in the industry in addition to the upcoming Coworking Alliance Summit. Beginning with Xpace in 2004, one of Canada’s first coworking spaces, Proctor went on to found Creative Blueprint, develop multiple coworking alliances, and launch significant projects including the world’s first Coworking Health Insurance Plan and the 105,000-square-foot 312 Main community hub in Vancouver.

As co-founder of the Coworking Alliance Summit, she reinforced the importance of maintaining the movement’s core values of community, collaboration, openness, accessibility, and sustainability while adapting to accommodate both independent workers and corporate teams in this evolving landscape of flexible work.

Ashley Proctor the force behind things like Coworking Canada, Creative Blueprint and The Coworking Alliance Summit joined Sophie Wade on the Transforming Work podcast, digging into what coworking is and how it’s evolved over the last 2 decades.

Creative Blueprint shares more information on how some coworking spaces can apply for their properties to be designated as a "Creative Co-Location Facility" by the City of Toronto, and have their property taxes reduced by half.