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Tech Brewery comes of age as home for Ann Arbor start-ups

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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The Tech Brewery in Ann Arbor is more about the former than the later (Ie. tech not beer) as a good cross section of Tree Town's new economy entrepreneurs continues to congregate where the good beer is made.

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Ann Arbor�s technology entrepreneurs chose office space in the Northern Brewery building on Jones Drive over the years because of its location, its historic loft-like offices and its reputation as a creative hub.

But for nearly a year, a portion of the building has been building its own identity as a unique collaboration among many early-stage companies.

Dubbed the Tech Brewery, a vacant 2,000-square-foot space now offers short-term desk space in a collaborative environment that makes it unique among Ann Arbor offices.

Most office incubators provide services and shared resources, founder and entrepreneur Dug Song said.

"That's not really what we're doing here," he said. "�There's a lot more social interaction. More synergistic relationships, since there are a lot of companies doing similar kinds of things."

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