Members and staff of Athens Makerspace met alongside Athens residents and supporters of ReUse Industries on Sunday at Passion Works Studio, 20 E. State St., to give attendees an opportunity to discuss the future of Athens Makerspace, which closed this month.
The meeting was called by Passion Works, Rural Action and ACEnet. Athens Makerspace provided members of Athens and the surrounding area a space to create, build, work on projects and take classes in order to pick up or hone skills. The space closed due to the business missing rent payments after moving locations from Columbus Road to West Union Street.
Working closely with ReUse Industries, both programs were funded by nonprofit organization Ultimate Recycling Center and were developed with three final goals, laid out by John Glazer, senior executive in residence for strategic development at the Voinovich School of Leadership and…
