Jun. 17—LAVALE — Cynthia Bambara recalled the first time she entered the now Western Maryland Works makerspace building in 2018, at which point the structure was used as a warehouse and did not have heat.
Today, the community-based facility is furnished with the latest industrial equipment and technology to promote innovation, and serves more than 10 rural communities in Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Additionally, roughly 75 people who lost their jobs when the Verso Luke mill closed in 2019 enrolled in ACM’s Career and Employer Solutions program’s industrial maintenance, machining and welding classes at the makerspace through the Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development.
On Wednesday, Bambara, president of Allegany College of Maryland, was in LaVale to lead Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin on a tour of the full-service…
