Madison’s The Bodgery makerspace is now open in its new home in the former machine shop of the old Oscar Mayer plant. And board president and co-founder John Eich is almost giddy with enthusiasm: “We have the chance to be in this enormous new space with all these possibilities and it’s pretty exciting.”
Eich says The Bodgery has evolved since its founding in 2013 from a few people who wanted to share tools — “a micro-vision” — to a much wider vision: “Now we will be stepping out into the community more. We’re making a commitment to offer more classes and find ways to collaborate with other organizations,” says Eich. “We’re looking outside our walls in a more intentional way.”
The new space, at 14,000 square feet, has made it possible to provide accessible bathrooms, separate spaces for most activities, and “clean spaces” (for…
