PLYMOUTH – Local youth Nicholas Tichon has won the contest to name the planned makerspace at Terryville Public Library, dubbing it the “CreationStation.”
A marker space is a “creative community workplace” where people can build things and experiment with art, craft and technology projects while sharing materials, tools and ideas.
The naming contest was held from Feb. 15 through March 30 and Library Director Gretchen DelCegno said that 23 names were submitted by the contest deadline. Tichon’s “CreationStation” received the most votes from among these submissions from the library’s Makerspace Working Group and the Library Board of Trustees.
DelCegno said that when Tichon was asked about his submission, he said he thought he had a good chance of winning because of the way that CreationStation rhymes.
“He also reflected on his memories of visiting the Imagine…
