The Produce Company

I stopped by this morning with the intention of checking out the space for free during Tech Fiesta. Their Yelp hours say they open at 9AM...but when I arrived at 9:45 the door was locked! I tried calling the number listed on their page, but no answer. So that was disappointing. From what I could see through the window it looked like a nice area but I no actual produce. Haha. Perhaps they were closed due to the Tech Fiesta events, but there was no sign or notification of that anywhere.On top of not being open, the space was hard to get to. It is in the same building as A New Awakening, which is like a counseling center. So you have to walk through the counseling area and at the end of the hall is the entrance to The Produce Company. Parking is always annoying downtown, and this place is no exception. For the entire building there are 4 spaces in the alley that are reserved for customers. Otherwise, you gotta feed the meter. Considering that I would want to stay and work for a number of hours, paying to park is highly unappealing. So overall, in comparison to Convivium Coworking and Fat Pipe ABQ, this place cannot compete. It may be worth trying out if you live close and can walk/bike, and if they are actually open. Otherwise, I say skip it.

Lovely, lovely space. I'd highly recommend it to all the self employed folk out there who need an office type situation to go to, where you can do your work around other people. Network.I don't have any complaints, but I know that Marylou would take care of it if I did.

My writing group met here. There was a great variety of spaces to use. We enjoyed watching the Railrunner pass by has we ate in the kitchen. We were inspired by the art and books all about. Best of all was the conference room where we gathered around the table to write. The space really could be used for so many purposes. We are looking forward to meeting there again. I love the downtown location, colorful environment and vision of coworking space.