Akron Makerspace shows off its much larger home at Canal Place this weekend.
Starting at noon Saturday and running to 8 p.m., the all-volunteer nonprofit organization will hold its grand opening, free to the public, to show off what it does and what others can do at the new 10,000-square-foot home on the fifth floor at Canal Place, 540 S. Main St. That’s the same location as Missing Falls Brewery and the just-opened R. Shea production brewery and restaurant — both of which will sell beer at the open house.
Makers, in case you didn’t know, can be described in one way as do-it-yourselfers-meet-technology — people of varied interests, backgrounds and skill levels who create and build things and share their knowledge with each other. It can be high tech and it can involve basic hand tools. And where they gather to pursue those interests and share that knowledge is…
