A nonprofit makerspace is opening a workshop just north of Grand Rapids where members can drop in and use shared amenities including woodworking equipment and a 3D printer.
Grand River Makerspace plans a grand opening on Sept. 13 at 25 N. Park St. NW in Walker after volunteers moved equipment into the first floor space last month. The organization hopes in the future to add textile equipment and set up a dark room in the approximately 3,000-square-foot space, said Lucas Leverett, a Grand River Makerspace board member.
“The fact that this is a nonprofit, crowd-funded and community sourced, everyone gets a hand in what is there,” Leverett said. “There is a lot of organic community involvement to it that makes it very viable.”
The Grand River Makerspace initiative has been around for about four years and previously operated from a shared space at St….
