[Hidden-tech] looking for small client meeting space near Hadley, MA

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:14:49 -0400 "Craig D. Miller" <cmiller at hampshire.edu> wrote:

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> I've got a short term consulting contract with a (for now) cash-poor 
> startup client that is coming up on the MegaBus from Brooklyn, NY to 
> Hampshire Mall, Hadley.
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> We need simple small inexpensive meeting space with good internet on 
> Mondays and Tuesdays (2 days all day) for 8 weeks to work on 
> designing/programming a web application (just 2 of us).
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> Any recommendations?  The obvious choice is to get a suite in on of the 
> hotels nearby the mall, (that would also cover where client stays 
> overnight) but that could be expensive for client with lousy hotel 
> internet.  Any sugestions for finding some empty office/meeting space 
> nearby in Hadley?  Or in Amherst/Northampton?

I don't know about Hadley or Amherst/Northampton, BUT here are some other 
options that might be worth considering:

Option 1:

If your client is not adverse to camping, one option might be:

Camping at either Lake Wyola State Park or Wendell State Forest and working at
the Wendell Free Library. The Wendell Free Library has 10Mbits up/down
Internet access (via the MBI Middle Mile Fiber). The library is open on
Mondays for Internet access only, 12-5pm and on Tuesdays for full library
services from 12-6pm. You would be sharing the space with other Internet
users, but the price (for the space and Internet) is hard to beat at $0.00
(and I believe the camping at the state parks is pretty cheap, probably
cheaper that any sort of hotel/motel room).

Option 2:

Renovators Supply rents hole-in-the wall office space at $1/square foot, 
month-to-month.  I know that they have at least one room that is 100 sq.ft.: 
$100/month + $20/month for Internet ($120/month all together). Renovators 
Supply is in Erving, MA at 1 River Street, just across the river from Turners 
Falls, MA.  You would have to truck in furniture (eg desk/table, chairs, etc.).

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