<div dir="ltr">Non-profit models are probably more sustainable; our Hackerspace is 7 years old and going strong.<div><br></div><div>Blenster</div><div>LVL1 Hackerspace</div></div><div hspace="streak-pt-mark" style="max-height:1px"><img alt="" style="width:0px;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden" src="https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=adGhlLmJsZW5zdGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3D%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=7d9be00c-87f6-4113-887a-e7e61e702eba"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">ᐧ</font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Rachel Uwa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@schoolofma.org" target="_blank">info@schoolofma.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all!</div><div><br></div><div>Thought this an interesting article worth reading, about the closure of TechShop.</div><div><a href="https://makezine.com/2017/11/15/techshop-closes-doors-files-bankruptcy/" target="_blank">https://makezine.com/2017/11/1<wbr>5/techshop-closes-doors-files-<wbr>bankruptcy/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Interesting how on the one hand there is this idea of the need for makerspaces</div><div>but they appear to be very difficult to maintain financially. Would be interested</div><div>to hear any thoughts on the subject!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Warmly,</div>Rachel <div class="m_-1899307951697321209gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div style="font-family:arial"><div><font size="1"><b>Founder | School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe  </b></font><b style="font-size:x-small"><a href="http://schoolofma.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://schoolofma.org/</a></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:arial;font-size:x-small">Twitter |  </b><font size="1" face="arial"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/schoolofmaaa" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/<wbr>schoolofmaaa</a></b></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:arial;font-size:x-small">Facebook |  </b><font size="1" face="arial"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/schoolofmachines" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>schoolofmachines</a></b></font><br></div><div><font size="1" face="arial"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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