So, if you haven't heard of "hacker spaces", you should probably read a much more complete description on wikipedia.
At any rate, myself, along with several others, have started just such a place in Rolla, MO. We have a new-fangled "web site" and everything: hackrolla.org
If you'd like to have a nostalgia trip to 1999, I've got a basic webcam going at turing.hackrolla.org.
2010/04/08: Apparently we've even made the news: http://mominer.mst.edu/2010/04/08/hack-rolla-provides-work-space-for-industrious-individuals/