Joel Bruns has noticed the energy and innovation in Fishers with regard to entrepreneurship and makerspaces, so he organized a panel discussion focused on those topics.
Bruns, the innovation specialist at Westfield High School and creator of the school’s makerspace, held a Feb. 11 Maker Town Hall event at Hamilton East Public Library, 5 Municipal Dr., Fishers, with several key players.
A makerspace is a collaborative work space designed for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high-tech to no-tech tools.
Panelists included Aili McGill, executive director of Nickel Plate Arts; John Wechsler, founder of Launch Fishers; Katelyn Coyne, manager of the Ignite Studio in the Hamilton East Public Library’s Fishers branch; David Decker, founder of Hub and Spoke, a design center, coworking space and makerspace at 106th Street and the future Nickel Plate Trail…
