GREENSBORO — It almost sounds like a riddle. When you’ve gathered a group of apprentices for your factory, but are a couple years away from having the factory running, what do you do with the apprentices?
Over the past month, Toyota’s answer has been a partnership with The Forge. That’s a nonprofit located in downtown Greensboro’s south end that bills itself as a “place where hands-on people can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, equipment, tools, and knowledge.”
Eighteen Toyota manufacturing technician apprentices have been helping out with a safety and organization makeover for the makerspace. They have been learning about the various tools and machinery there and thinking about how to keep it all better sorted and more safe.
“It’s a lot easier to access things,” said Lily Cherubini, a Forge shop mentor. “It’s a lot more fluid and just sort…
