2014 in review- TinkerMill, Makerspaces, Startup Longmont and more
It's been an amazingly interesting and productive year here in Longmont, CO.
We created a makerspace in mid-2013, but it really took off this year. We call it TinkerMill, The Longmont Makerspace. We received our 501(c)3 public charity status this past summer.
We went from a small group of 6 people showing up for a meetup at a local school's 'Career Development Center' facility in May of 2013 to a few dozen folks at the beginning of 2014 to over 150 paying members and almost 640 meetup members as of the end of 2014. Not bad for 18 months.
This makes us the largest makerspace in Colorado and, as far as we can tell, the largest makerspace in this 7 state region. You have to go all the way to Austin, TX. to find one larger.
Our primary charter as an educationally focused non profit is to create a collaborative commons where our members can learn from each other, teach each other and create, pretty much, anything, from art to personal projects to new products, services…
We created a makerspace in mid-2013, but it really took off this year. We call it TinkerMill, The Longmont Makerspace. We received our 501(c)3 public charity status this past summer.
We went from a small group of 6 people showing up for a meetup at a local school's 'Career Development Center' facility in May of 2013 to a few dozen folks at the beginning of 2014 to over 150 paying members and almost 640 meetup members as of the end of 2014. Not bad for 18 months.
This makes us the largest makerspace in Colorado and, as far as we can tell, the largest makerspace in this 7 state region. You have to go all the way to Austin, TX. to find one larger.
Our primary charter as an educationally focused non profit is to create a collaborative commons where our members can learn from each other, teach each other and create, pretty much, anything, from art to personal projects to new products, services…
