New London — Spark Makerspace is poised for a return.
The community workshop, learning center and incubator of creativity has been without a home since it moved out of a leased space at 225 State St. last year. The group says this is its third and final move.
“We finally have a permanent home,” Spark Executive Director Casey Moran said of the new space at 7-13 Union St.
The $60,000 purchase of the nearly 10,000-square-foot vacant building, which is more than double the amount of space as its former home, came last summer with the financial help of a few generous members.
Grants and donations additionally have helped to propel the nonprofit closer to its $500,000 fundraising goal to fully renovate the building. That goal was buoyed by a $160,000 matching grant award from the Thames River Innovation Place.
“That’s what really got us going. It really would not have happened…
