Vector Space is preparing to move just one mile up the street from its current location on 5th Street to 2004 Memorial Ave. in Lynchburg, the former home of Lynchburg Wholesale Floral Corporation.
The owners of the makerspace closed on the property earlier this month and will spend this month and next renovating the new space. They plan to move in March and open to Vector Space’s 200 members in April.
Elise Spontarelli and her husband, Adam, moved into the current space at 402 5th St. in 2016. Within those seven years, they’ve expanded twice, from having 4,000 square feet to 12,000 square feet. In 2018, they opened the space upstairs and in 2020, they expanded into a former convenience store next door.
“We’ve sort of grown gradually, which has been really helpful,” Elise Spontarelli said. “Also, we rent this space, we don’t own it, and that was one of the many…
