Published: 1/17/2023 11:13:10 AM
Modified: 1/17/2023 11:09:55 AM
Concord Makerspace has found a new home, although it’s not in Concord.
The city’s makerspace, formerly known as Making Matters, opened in the old Beede Electric building in Penacook just as the pandemic hit. That worked for a while but problems with the long-empty building, such as a leaky roof, led them to seek new quarters.
An attempt to find space at NHTI foundered, but the all-volunteer group has just signed a lease over the border in Boscawen in a building at 197 N. Main St., also occupied by Zsk Embroidery Machines.
“It’s a well-managed commercial space,” said Jared Reynolds, the group’s president. “We need to get in an electrician, to update some of the utilities … but we are aiming to be in by March 1.”
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