The new makerspace at The Hawk in Farmington Hills is full of tools for sewing, woodworking, 3D printing, graphic design and more.
City officials haven’t been able to find a similar community-run service and think it’s unlike anything else in the country.
The makerspace recently opened on the second floor of the $22.5 million facility and was mostly equipped from a $537,000 grant Bosch Group, which is headquartered in Farmington Hills. The grant is the largest Bosch has given in the United States to date.
Because of all the large, expensive equipment in the space, officials expect DIY fans to take advantage of the tools they may not be able to afford or fit in their own homes.
“When we started to see The Hawk was going to be a reality, we understood that it was a very large building,” City Manager Gary Mekjian said. “We knew that, in the high school, it already had an auto shop and a…
