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Interest in a downtown Baltimore based Hacker House? (starting Summer 2012)

1 points by bigohms ↗ HN
I am considering converting a large downtown Baltimore home into a full time live/work hacker house. The scene here is in it's infancy, with the city overall being very conducive to creativity and culture (moreso than DC IMO but less than NYC). I am gauging interest from the community in being interested in participating. Cost of space would be comparable to similar rental spaces, except this is focused on attracting similarly minded people in a creative environment. A program supporting the goals of applicants would also be developed.

There are also tons of tech related jobs and companies in the area as well.

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johnny22
That would be awesome. Have you brought this up on the Node hackerspace list? or notified the LUG?

I've been in Portland, OR for the last 6 months, but I was just in Baltimore for 5 years. I agree with your assessment of the community and I'd agree that the timing is right to start one there. I'd also love a reason to make my way back there for a bit :)

PS: what do you consider downtown? which neighborhood?

bigohms
MLK and Lombard (Pigtown). I consider downtown cause it takes me 7 minutes to get to the waterfront.

This is first pass at throwing the concept around to test. Ideally I'd be looking to house 3-4 start ups with occupants of compatible skill sets.

0x1a4
I would consider supporting a project like that. Im in the area and i have alot of classic hardware and a fair amount of unix experience, there was a cool 2600 scene a long time ago but its died out, the 2 hacker spaces in existence are pretty slick but i feel there is room for a more computer / information centeric hackerspace as well as one that has live-in members. feel free to contact me at evil@iowntheinter.net if you get serious about it
bigohms
Yea I definitely think a live-in space would be more like what I'm thinking. The building is coded for 4-5 occupants with large communal spaces and easy access to the major transportation arteries.