Our friend JR Cohen (of YMKM and SLGT notoriety) went on Great Day Houston this week to talk about free and low-cost public internet.  You might notice the kind words about Caroline Collective!

JR has made supporting the local businesses and community into a Houston-based grass roots…

First off, we would like to say a giant thanks to all those that made the Impromptu Happy Hour happen last week. In particular, Marc Nathan of StartupHouston.com and the Houston Technology Center and Aziz Gilani of DFJ Mercury really pushed the event into reality. Thanks,…

Mark “Rzzn” Hopkins does a roundup of which coworking spaces are making waves in the great state of Texas. ¬† Despite being pretty new to the scene (remember our anniversary party June 6th!), Caroline Collective comes out pretty well:

Caroline Collective seems to be the most popular and Web 2.0-friendly

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Arts and health writer Nancy Wozny recently discussed Houston’s Young People for the Arts with the founder, Heather Pray. Heather mentioned her new blog design, designed over the summer by a couple Caroline members, Evan O’Neil and Ranjani Sheshadri:

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In keeping with this month’s theme of STARTING ANEW, we have a goal of both seeing more people at Caroline regularly and seeing more interactions between the community as a result of this increased presence at Caroline. To stimulate this interaction between community on a daily basis we’re making it…

Caroline Collective is proud to announce that ArtStorm gallery has been chosen as the Best New Gallery in The Houston Press Best of Houston: 2008. Here’s what Houston Press had to say about ArtStorm:

Artstorm took the city by, well, storm. Houston was hit with a wealth of paintings,

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Update: Caroline has just received power to the North building (office wing and coworking space). Internet is still down as is power to the South Building (Artstorm and Ecor Rouge).

Caroline Collective has weathered Hurricane Ike with flying colors. It was a harrowing night (as we’re sure it was for…

As mentioned in the Houstonist by reporter¬†Katharine Shilcutt Gleave, Caroline Collective is one of the city’s free Wi-Fi spots. Also listed are

• The Teahouse, Westheimer and Shepherd
• The Bull and Bear Pub, Westheimer and Kirkwood
• Krafts’men Baking, Montrose and West Main
• Agora, Westheimer and Park
• Ziggy’s

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Austin Business Journal contributing writer Thora Qaddum talks to Megan Whitenton of ArtStorm about their contributionns to Caroline Collective’s art focus:

“As a space showcasing contemporary art, we’re bringing the cool factor to the outwardly unassuming, corporate-office-park Caroline Collective building,” Whitenton says. “We’re artists, so we have plenty

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Keith Plocek, Jeff Balke, and Mark C. Austin strike again, this time covering Houston’s Lebowski Bash, held at Caroline Collective. Check out the full slideshow from the Houston Press.