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Mobile makerspace brings technology and accessibility to underserved areas

December 2, 2020
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The Jasper Public Library plans on bringing a mobile maker space to the county in 2020.

Based on an idea from the Los Angeles Public Library, the library plans on using a $120,000 grant to outfit a commercial van with STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — gear and a mobile internet hotspot.

An example of a mobile makerspace.

“As we considered what to do, we decided that it needed to be something that would impact the whole county,” Library Director Christine Golden said.

The library received a Ready Communities Implementation grant for the mobile makerspace from the Regional Opportunity Initiatives (ROI) board. ROI’s grant is made possible with a $25,870,000 grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Golden explained that the mobile makerspace idea hit several key impact points the ROI grant program was attempting to address in Southern Indiana…

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