Schartner Says Newport Will Become a Innovation Center on GoLocal LIVE's Business Monday

Schartner Says Newport Will Become a Innovation Center on GoLocal LIVE's Business Monday

The launch of Innovate Newport is just months away and its new director Tuni Schartner is a woman on a mission spreading the word on how the new hub for technology and entrepreneurship will help transform Newport and build RI’s tech and startup community.

She joined Josh Fenton Monday on GoLocal LIVE’s Business Monday to discuss the spring launch of the new Innovate Newport space on Broadway.

The City of Newport along with Commerce RI and the Newport Chamber of Commerce have teamed to redevelop the old Sheffield elementary school on Broadway into the tech center.

The space is 33,000-square foot Class A coworking, private office, and meeting space which is designed to spark innovation and build community.

She says nearly all of the office space has been leased and much of the shared office environment is already being signed up for. In addition, the shared space management will be run through the tech infrastructure and software of Boston-based Workbar.

And for Schartner, this is not her first effort like this. She previously ran The Hive in North Kingstown, a shared office environment.