Mayor Michael Passero, center, cuts a piece of wood, held by Casey Moran, Spark Makerspace executive director, and Tony Sheridan, the Chamber of Commerce Eastern Connecticut executive director, during the ceremonial grand opening celebration Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Spark Makerspace’s renovated new location on Union Street in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
New London — Dan Flavin of Groton, an engineer at Electric Boat, offered at least one good reason he uses the sprawling wood shop at Spark Makerspace rather than performing his woodworking projects at home.
“I obviously can’t fit a table saw in my third-floor apartment,” Flavin said.
Flavin, who heads the woodworking department at Spark’s newly renovated space at 7 Union St., worked as a carpenter while…
