A new co-working space is taking shape in Lititz with hopes to open by the end of the summer.

Steve Palmer, 42, of Manheim Township, is looking to open Imagine Coworking, Lititz’s first co-working space, once he can nail down some tenants and sign a lease available at a spot he already has selected.

Palmer, who works from home for an online database software company, said he already has interest in some of the available space that could fit up to about 40 people. Palmer said he would be more comfortable around 25 people.



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The space is at 55 N. Water St. — the basement of Appalachian Brewing Co. — which had been the site of mini-shopping center Lititz Junction.

“The lease is ready to sign,” Palmer said. “Now it’s about gauging interest.”

Co-working spaces work as office space for individuals or two-to-three person companies who need or want office space but may not be able to afford their own office. Co-working spaces already exist in many of the region’s metro areas — Harrisburg, Lancaster, York — but are starting to pop up in some smaller towns. Trellis Place in Elizabethtown opened about 14 months ago at the site of a former church.



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Though not large, Palmer said he believes Lititz has enough work-from-home employees, freelancers or small companies interested in co-work space to fill the 3,600-square-foot site.

“Honestly, it’s something I need to find out,” he said. “From the people I talk to, it seems like there are enough people in this community that can fill this space. There are people who live in Lititz and drive to the Lancaster co-work space — and we’re not looking to poach anybody — but they might want to be closer to home.”

