SLO MakerSpace, a membership-based workshop where people can use tools and machinery, learn skills and collaborate on projects, has moved to a bigger location — and has extended its reach in the community through a recent collaboration with the San Luis Obispo County Library.
Its new 5,000-square-foot space at 81 Higuera St., Suite 160, in the Pacific Coast Center is also closer to downtown San Luis Obispo. And the space is laid out better; the noisier tools that create lots of dust are in a separate room from the craft area reserved for cleaner projects, according to SLO MakerSpace CEO Clint Slaughter, a local physician.
The move cost a few thousand dollars, he said.
Through its collaboration with the library, library card holders get free access to SLO MakerSpace 15 hours a week during set times. The collaboration is a natural connection, Slaughter said, allowing community members…
