Coeur d’Alene nonprofit makerspace Gizmo-cda Inc. has a new mobile makerspace, as well as a new executive director to lead the organization.
On the Coeur d’Alene campus of North Idaho College, Gizmo’s 11,000-square-foot space in the Hedlund Building is filled with machines and materials. The central space is devoted to textiles, vinyl, and various cutting and printing machines involved in each material.
Gizmo provides training, tools, classes, and some materials for creative types of all ages.
Erin Lanigan, executive director, says the creative arts lab was placed intentionally at the heart of the space.
“Barb and Marty Mueller, who are our founders, felt like the first place you needed to see when you walked into the makerspace was something that was a bit more inviting to everyone,” Lanigan says.
Lanigan became executive director in late August, when…
