MEDC launches Cowork Space, open house Wednesday

Paula Sandberg of Heritage Acres is a member of the McCook Cowork Space to have quiet office space to help run the family’s farm to table ag operation.

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McCOOK, Neb. -- Entrepreneurs who may need dedicated space, enhanced tools and high-speed internet access to help get their business off the ground can now get a leg-up from the McCook Economic Development Corp,

The MEDCs Cowork Space in downtown McCook is one of the most economical such facilities in the country, according to Andy Long, MEDC executive director.

MEDC will host an open house for the McCook Cowork Space from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Keystone Business Center, 402 Norris Ave.

The audio/video creation room allows individuals access to tools and software to produce high quality video and audio products.

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The McCook Cowork Center will provide a professional space in the Keystone Business Center to assist entrepreneurs, remote work employees, people with a side hustle, and employees of organizations who need additional tools to support the work they do.

It will also be a location for tech students in high school and college to create, learn, and train others on how to use technology to improve business. It will create connections and partnerships in how people do work.

“Overnight, millions of people in this country learned to work from home,” Long said. “People are productive and happy when they remote work, but remote workers also want a professional location to work from and we strived to produce this.”

A specific video conference room allows members to look and sound professional online.

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Some of the features of the cowork spaces includes 1 Gig internet, 2-iMac computers, 1 Dell Optiplex computer, access to Adobe Creative Suite, three private offices with enhanced video conference capabilities, a Dymo Mailing Solution, access to a Sharp MX-3140 color copier/scanner, and multiple work stations with dual monitors.

In the future, the space will also add an audio/video recording room to allow individuals to create high quality material with tools an individual may not have access.

“We hope to develop creative people with the software and tools to create audio and video,” said Long.

“With the growth of podcasts, YouTube, and other digital mediums we want to make sure people in Southwest Nebraska can compete and promote what they do worldwide. To be successful we know we need to recruit remote workers and grow our own local businesses.”

Evening and weekend memberships begin at $40/month and full members pay $65/month. You can find out at 308-345-1200 or emailing Andy Long at andy@

mccookne.org