“This is a great opportunity to continue some of the ecosystem work we’ve been doing in our entrepreneurial work,” said Dayton City Manager Shelley Dickstein.
The project is expected to cost about $2.5 million, and other funding will come from grants and donations from the Dayton Foundation, The Dayton Metro Library, JJR Solutions, Culture Works and other people and groups.
When people hear the term “makerspace,” they might think of places with arts and crafts materials.
But makerspaces also can offer high-tech electronics and robotics equipment, 3D printers, woodworking tools, and tools and areas for digital fabrication, additive and subtractive manufacturing (like laser engravers), textiles work and sewing.
The makerspace project is in the pre-development phase, but the new facility is expected to have classrooms, offices, art spaces and studios and possibly galleries and…
