Delray Beach Library transforms space into coworking space - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

This article is interesting for a couple of reasons. Click title for link.  Last night at the City Commission meeting, the Commission recognized National Library Week and many lauded our own library for the services it provides, and deservedly so.  Delray Beach seems to be taking it to a whole different level - it is structured as a non-profit and is not owned and run by the city.  This seems to give it a little more freedom to experiment as described in the article.

I know that as a small business person whose office is many times a comfortable chair, a laptop, headphones and a wi-fi connection, the sort of space described in the article appeals to me.  There are times when I need to focus on getting something done - like writing a report or studying some code language - I pack up my portable office and head to a corner of our Lake Worth library and isolate myself for a couple of hours.  It's amazing how productive you can be if you remove the distractions from your surroundings.  Sometimes the home office environment can offer too many obstacles to focusing on what needs to be done.

It sounds like they are on to something there.