Members of the STEM Club at Reidsville Middle School recently had the opportunity to mix ingenuity with creativity to design and manufacture their own Bluetooth speakers, thanks to Forge Greensboro.
A community makerspace and non-profit, Forge Greensboro provides affordable access to tools and technology. For a small fee, entrepreneurs, small businesses, artisans, students, hobbyists, and inventors gain 24/7 access to a facility with 3D printers, a woodshop, machining, welding, and laser engravers, as well as a community of makers with whom to collaborate, learn and make. (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and STEAM includes art.)
In January, Forge Greensboro started piloting collaborative Youth STEAM and Entrepreneurship programming in the region. Made possible by a $25,000 grant from…