This has strong parallels to the coworking movement. Most of the coworking spaces offer drop-ins at a day rate, and the chief bonus is the support of the commun

This has strong parallels to the coworking movement. Most of the coworking spaces offer drop-ins at a day rate, and the chief bonus is the support of the community (not just getting out of the house). All the prominent ones are self-sustaining. Linkies: http://coworking.pbwiki.com/ http://coworking.pbwiki.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking http://blog.coworking.info/ http://blog.coworking.info/ And two spaces run by two of my very best friends: Indy Hall in Philly (http://independentshall.com/ http://independentshall.com/) and New Work City in NYC (http://www.nwcny.com/ http://www.nwcny.com/). Indy Hall is especially interesting wrt the hackerspaces post because it has a fascinating project/LLC called Indy Hall Labs (http://labs.indyhall.org/ http://labs.indyhall.org/) set up to handle collaborations between IH members.