LOUISVILLE, Ky. — People file into a NuLu office space ready for the workday. While many of them know each other, they’re not actually coworkers. Instead, they work at various companies, but all come to Lodgic Workplace to use the coworking spaces.

When members walk in, friendly baristas and the smell of fresh coffee greet them. The cafe serves as the focal point of the front room, which members call the Great Lawn. It doesn’t look like a typical office. There are booths, couches and comfy chairs in addition to traditional tables. 

Olga Grab is posted up in one booth, typing away on her laptop. She works remotely, but is more of an extrovert, so she prefers coming here for an environment instead of being alone at home.

She’s not alone in that. Remote work has grown since the pandemic, creating a workplace trend that seems to be here to stay. Career site Zippia finds 66% of U.S. employees work remotely at least part-time. That same site finds 26.7% of Americans work remotely full time. 

“We find that a lot of our members like the community that we offer here. For a lot of people, remote working does get kind of lonely. In the last two years, due to the pandemic, they are kind of tired of being by themselves at home. They looked for options to come be around other people even if it’s not coworkers, but just that sense of belonging somewhere with community,” said workplace concierge Angela Bommarito.

Remote workers aren’t the only ones who gravitate to this coworking space. Going past the Great Lawn, you can find more open spaces with desks for people to work. Lining the walls, you’ll find several offices people rent to have more of a traditional, semi-private setup within the shared space.

Behind one door, you can find Foster McCarl holding a meeting with two of his employees. McCarl is a strategic adviser, working with CEOs and other entrepreneurs on business growth and goals. As a small business owner, he’s happy to have this space so he doesn’t need to conduct business at home.

“For the time being, the flexibility I have with the tree of us. When I want to jump on a call, they can jump out to a desk. If they want to come in on a day I am not in the office, they can still come in here and work,” said McCarl.

Bommarito said there are quite a few other entrepreneurs in the building, and she thinks that’s because of the flexibility Lodgic offers.

“We are month-to-month. There are no long-term contracts that you have to sign being here. People like that because, if you’re a startup, you don’t necessarily know where you will be in six months, so a lot of people like the flexibility with this,” said Bommarito.

Something that makes this different from a traditional coworking space is that it’s a nonprofit with 100% of proceeds going to support community initiatives such as the Mooseheart Child City & School.

“I love our saying, ‘Do a little good every day.’ It really is what we strive to do around here, not just as people who work for Logic, but a lot of our comembers do that as well and we have a lot of people who live by that,” said Bommarito.

Lodgic opened around a year ago. While it’s still new, data show it could be a great time to get into the coworking business. Zippia found there has been a 200% increase in the number of people using coworking spaces in the U.S. from 2015 to 2021. That site also predicts one million people will use them in the U.S. by the end of the year.

Lodgic Workplaces offers day passes and monthly memberships. There are also office spaces, conference rooms and event space people can rent.