'Work Local' aimed at drawing local workforce back to independent coworking

Like most small businesses, Charlotte's independent coworking spaces were hit hard by Covid-19. John Vieregg, managing partner at CoCoTiv Coworking, said having to shut down early on in the pandemic posed a challenge for coworking spaces, and still does five months later. "Obviously with the initial shut down, coworking members had to go work from home," he said, "Even when those restrictions loosened up to allow members to come back, I think it was a struggle to get them back through our doors…