What began as a small, 750 square foot coworking space has grown into a thriving community of members representing a range of professions in a 8,000 square foot building featuring private office space, open-plan workspace, meeting rooms, phone booths, event space, and more.

Tom Hardie

Meet Tom, Founder and GM

Tom and Kristin Hardie launched Lafayette’s first coworking space, Confluence Small Business Collective, in 2014.

Having worked from home themselves, they understood how isolating and challenging it could be, and knew Lafayette needed a community hub for people who shared their work-from-home challenge.

Tom works for the Boulder County Office of Sustainability, Climate Action, and Resilience as a Business Sustainability Advisor. He’s active in the Lafayette community and spends a lot of time outdoors with his family.


Meet Community Manager Kira

Kira joined the Confluence team in 2017, and is passionate about building communities and creating connections.

Kira will welcome you to the space by providing a tour, answering questions about membership options, and will get you comfortably settled for your first day of coworking. And yes - if the restrooms are out of toilet paper or the printer is jammed, she’ll take care of that too.

She would love to meet you!

Kira Gehle

Let’s Connect…


WORK - Professional office space without the distractions of home.

People working at desks in a shared workspace

MEET - Conference spaces for one-on-one sessions, small groups, and larger events.

Photo credit: Nate Jorgensen

CONNECT - In our welcoming and friendly community, it's not uncommon that members develop working relationships as they get to know and trust each other's work, and strong friendships have bloomed.

Two people getting food smile at the camera