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The Alexandria Co-working Network will officially launch in Scottsdale today with the opening of its first collaboration space at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library.
Earlier this year, ASU Venture Catalyst, the university's startup unit, along with the Scottsdale Public Library system, announced the creation of the Alexandria Co-working Network, a new initiative that brings together inventors, problem-solvers, entrepreneurs and small businesses in collaboration spaces in community libraries across Arizona.
The network, designed to provide support for Arizona’s innovation economy, will open the doors of its first collaboration space, called the Eureka Loft, at a 4 p.m. grand opening ceremony at Scottsdale’s Civic Center Library location. The ceremony, which will feature tours of the space and remarks by Scottsdale Mayor W.J. “Jim” Lane and ASU Senior Vice President for Knowledge Enterprise Development Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan.