Written by melanie.marconiNovember 9, 2026 Working from home sounds like the dream until about week three. The commute is gone, the sweatpants are comfortable, and the coffee is free. Then the kitchen table starts to feel like an office you can never leave, the days blur together, and you realize you haven’t had a real
Written by melanie.marconiOctober 29, 2026 The focus of a coworking space. The commute of your hallway. Before VIDA existed, our founder Melanie Marconi ran her small business from her living room and local coffee shops, until, as she puts it, that routine “ran its course.” Her answer was VIDA Coworking in Portland. VIDA Virtual, which
Written by melanie.marconiOctober 19, 2026 Free parking, local coffee, and a team that actually lives here. In the summer of 2023, we opened our second VIDA location in the newly updated Valley Plaza Building on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway, right next door to Jesuit High School. Our NE Portland space had been open for four years, and
Written by melanie.marconiOctober 12, 2026 Our third home is open, and it comes with a familiar VIDA welcome. The doors are officially open at VIDA NW Portland, our third coworking community, inside the historic Montgomery Park building in Slabtown as of October 5, 2026. When I first envisioned what I wanted for VIDA back in
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 30, 2026 October is National Women’s Small Business Month. Celebrate with five steps to start a business and seven ways to support women entrepreneurs.
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 23, 2026 Woman-founded VIDA brings its third community-first coworking model to Slabtown, a historic NW Portland neighborhood long underserved by coworking spaces PORTLAND — Sept 22, 2026 — VIDA, the coworking community that brings together beautiful workspaces, curated amenities, and family support, is proud to announce it will be opening its third
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 19, 2026 Portland’s iconic Montgomery Park building has a new chapter — and VIDA Coworking is thrilled to be part of it as our third location.
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 6, 2026 How VIDA Coworking, a Portland coworking space, has paid a living wage since 2018 — and what small businesses in Oregon can learn from Labor Day’s history.
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 1, 2026 If you’re a commercial real estate broker, you already know the client I’m talking about. They call you because they need space. But they’re not a lease client — not yet, and maybe not ever. Maybe they’re a 3-person team testing whether Beaverton or NE Portland makes more sense before
Written by melanie.marconiAugust 25, 2026 Today’s blog post is coming to you from Billy the Beaver, mascot for the Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce, of which VIDA Coworking is a proud member. Billy is going on a months-long adventure, visiting Beaverton businesses and giving them an opportunity to show off what makes them a unique