High school sophomores Cohen Frankenbery and Ben Turner both have an interest in coding — a skill that is in demand and could help them easily land a job one day.
But in Fredonia, Kansas, a rural city of 2,151, they didn’t have many resources to help them pursue that interest.
“Our whole school just has 300 students,” Frankenbery said. “We had a coding class a few years ago, but it was discontinued.”
Enter the Pitsco Idea Shop in Block22 in Downtown Pittsburg an hour and 15 minutes east.
In collaboration with a global technology education company that got its start in Pittsburg and is still headquartered here, this “makerspace” was designed and equipped to inspire innovators and dreamers to turn their ideas into reality.
“It’s a place where creativity and inspiration meet manufacturing and production,” said Mary Louise Widmar, who…
