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If you are on the north side, north shore, at NU or anywhere near Evanston, come check out http://coworkingevanston.com/ It got started because there have been a bunch of startups and indie devs/designers working out of coffeeshops and home offices in the area and there wasn't any central point to get together and collaborate anywhere north of lakeview.

We started hosting the Monday Jelly Chicago meetups this week and had a packed house. Next monday following Jelly some of the people here are starting a Startup Evanston meetup http://www.meetup.com/Startup-Evanston/ One of the members here also hosts the well-attended monthly Chicago Web Pros meetup in Evanston http://www.meetup.com/chicago-web-pros/

The startup I'm with is technically based in San Francisco, but I'm actively looking to find another developer in Chicago. If you are a Chicago-area Ruby developer, my email is in my profile.