This spring construction began on the Intersection of 1st and Washington Street. According to A2 city infomration, this work will be ongoing into the fall of 2026.

The project is rather large and the construction perimeter takes up good portions of Washington and 1st streets on either side of the intersection making access to my coworking space a bit difficult.

For the workaround, I’ve found if coming by car, approaching on 1st street from Liberty St. involves the least amount of walking around barricades and up and down hills. There are temporary parking spaces that are usually avilable there during the daytime which are good for the short parking stops needed for project pickups or dropoffs.

I have also decided to renew my membership at Cahoots @ 206 E Huron. I’ve used their coworking space in the past and they have their good points. During the interim, while the construction is ongoing, I can also receive projects at Cahoots if that is more convenient. The hours there are a little earlier from 8am-3pm Monday – Saturday. Saturday is something that my Bamboo site does not offer, so there is a little bonus for my business clients as well.

I intend to keep my coworking arrangements with Bamboo intact, and ths does not affect my business address for shipping or USPS correspondence. This is merely an alternate convenience that I have decided to add for the period while the construction is ongoing.

After giving the co-working space at Cahoots a try I decided to settle on Bamboo instead. The Bamboo space just opened this April, when I was making my co-working decisions in March, the space was still being renovated. I’m sorry to leave Cahoots, it is a great co-working space with a lot of great people. There were two issues that made it not a good fit for me, first nearby parking was limited, and secondly the receptionist had other duties and was not always at the reception desk. Since I mainly needed the arrangement to handle shipments and parts pickup and drop-offs for my clients, having the receptionist elsewhere at any given time during their open hours resulted in problems for that process. So I decided to go with Bamboo at 200 S. 1st St. Their hours are 9am-5pm Monday through Friday. The receptionist has a desk facing the 1st street entrance and is available for work drop-off or pickup during those hours. I currently still have an overlapping arrangement with Cahoots, as a backup, I’ll re-evaluate in the fall if that is still really necessary.

Starting in April, I’m moving from my current office space. I’ll keep doing the tech work, like wirebonding and semiconductor packaging, at my home office, for everything else, like shipping/receiving, parts pickup and dropoffs as well as client meetings, I’ve decided to rent a coworking office.

I looked at a couple of different places before deciding. I ended up choosing Cahoots, located at 206 E. Huron St., I’m hoping this will work for me as well as my clients. There is a front desk that can handle pickups and dropoffs from 8am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday, and even on Sunday from 9am to 3pm.

Huron Street is pretty busy, and it’s tough to find a spot to park on the street nearby. Fortunately, there’s a big parking garage just a short walk away on Washington St. by Fourth Ave. I’ve already signed up for Cahoots and will start using the space in April.

Photo: Steve Jensen

Exciting news!

After a careful search, we finally found a K&S 4522 ball bonder in good condition.  It arrived here and we have done preliminary setup and we are now ready to announce:

Our Services now include Ball Wirebonding!

• Ball to wedge
• Ball bumping
• Coining
• Close proximity, less keepout space required.

 

 

I may post updates, status, and other things of interest here. Stay tuned!