Grace Kraaijvanger - Founder of The Hivery - 010

Co-Working Spaces as we know them today, originated in non other
than San Francisco in 2005. With that being said, it's no
surprise that the energy was buzzing around the city for this new
way of entrepreneurs to work independently but not be isolated at
home while doing so.


However, it wasn't until Grace Kraaijvanger was fulfilling a
marketing job alone from home, that she realized she was missing
that creative community she experienced as a dancer. So, she went
out to find one.


It wasn't until she went looking into other co-working spaces in
the Bay Area, that she noticed a gap in the market. Most co
working spaces at the time were tailored toward people who liked
foosball and beer on tap, which just didn’t feel like her.
Instead, she longed for a beautiful, airy, expansive space with
inspiring people to work alongside, a feeling much like taking
class at the iconic Alonzo King Lines Ballet Dance Center in San
Francisco. 


So in 2014, after much searching, Grace began experimenting with
developing The Hivery, a coworking space + Inspiration Lab, in
Marin. The result to her experiment was met with a resounding
"YES" from her community, as women from all over the Bay Area
flocked to The Hivery to call this community home.


 


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