Even as she invested her money, time and creative energies to build out the small space that housed her science and art education center, Lauren Monroe was conscious that it wasn’t really hers to keep.
“I had to navigate the idea that I may have to leave, that I did not have a long-term rental,” Monroe said. While she liked the space in the old sprinkler factory, she eventually transferred her business to the sixth floor of the old printer’s building on Portland Street, closer to downtown Worcester.
She believes her creativity and drive were stifled by the uncertainty of her situation.
“I had to remind myself that it was not my space, to not get too attached to work I would not be able to take with me,” Monroe said.
In her search for the perfect landlord, one who was committed to keeping creative spaces in their building, she met up with other…
