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Nick
Weise,
VP,
Michigan
Market,
Rightsize
Furniture;
Mike
Ferlito
Co-owner
Bamboo
Detroit;
Amanda
Lewan,
Co-owner,
Bamboo
Detroit;
Justin
Morelock,
Founder,
NXT
Design.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit) |
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Bamboo
Detroit
officially
opens
new
location
inside
1420
Washington
Blvd
The
new
location
will
serve up
to 300
entrepreneurs
and
expand
services
for a
home
grown
entrepreneurial
movement.
DETROIT
- Bamboo
Detroit,
the
city’s
largest
home-grown
co-working
community,
has
officially
opened
their
6,000
sq. ft.
shared
workspace
inside
the
Julian
C.
Madison
Building
at 1420
Washington
Blvd in
downtown
Detroit.
The new
facility
will
better
serve
Detroit’s
entrepreneurs
and
creatives
with
shared
co-working
office
space
and new
private
offices.
Bamboo
is
expanding
their
programming,
events,
and
resources
to
supporting
up to
300
entrepreneurs.
“Bamboo’s
new
space is
designed
to be
earthy,
colorful,
and
creative,”
said
Co-founder
& CEO
Amanda
Lewan.
“We are
a
welcoming
and
inviting
place
for all
people
to
participate
in
Detroit’s
revitalization
Downtown.
Shared
workspace
and
resource
help new
ideas
and
businesses
get off
the
ground,
and
professionals
to
network
and
grow.”
Bamboo
Detroit’s
new home
is
located
within
the
historic
Julian
C.
Madison
Building,
named
after
Julian
C.
Madison.
Madison
–the
third
African
American
engineer
in the
U.S. and
son of
the
first
African
American
engineer
in the
State of
Ohio.
The
building
celebrates
Julian
C.
Madison’s
belief
that a
person
has to
take
their
destiny
into
their
own
hands to
progress
in life.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
The
location
officially
opened
January
2, 2017,
and
expects
to be
fully
occupied
in the
first
quarter.
The
grand
opening
to the
public
was January
17,
2017,
and will
feature
food
from the
soon to
open The
Kenilworth,
and
raise
donations
for
Bamboo
member
The
Detroit
Phoenix
Center
which
provides
solutions
for
homeless
youth in
the
city.
Bamboo
Detroit’s
new
facility
was
created
in
partnership
with
local
startups
including
NXT
Design,
Detroit’s
Rocket
Fiber,
Rightsize
Facility,
and
Newmind
Group
who
manages
technology
and
wi-fi
for the
space.
Bamboo’s
expansion
is
privately
funded
with
partial
grant
support
from
Motor
City
Match.
Rightsize,
the
official
furniture
partner
for
Bamboo,
represents
more
than 200
contract
grade
manufacturers
and will
showcase
innovative
furnishings
inside
the
Julian
C.
Madison
building.
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