If you have a hobby, a creative or business idea and need a place to make it happen in Wheat Ridge, the Clear Creek Makerspace is now open.
Localworks, a nonprofit organization focused on the city’s economic development, launched what might be its most visible project yet with a March 30 grand opening of the makerspace at 44th Avenue and Field Street
Makerspace Program Manager Tyler Kerr, who has helped build and operate makerspaces in 25 Wyoming communities, said a “small army of volunteers” helped prepare the building.
“We’ve had wood and metal workers, crafters and just a lot of people helping,” Kerr said.
The 7,500-square-foot space was designed as a membership-based community workshop and launchpad for innovation and entrepreneurship, according to Localworks. Workshops will include wood- and metalworking, electronics, textiles and general tools, with over 300 machines…
