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

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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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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

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.

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?

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.

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