[hackerspaces] Visiting other *spaces

[Bob Bownes]

And, on the east coast, if you find yourself passing by, stop by the Tech Valley Center of Gravity. We'd happily give you the grand tour, let you take a look at tools, systems, talk to whomever you want, and show off our $3m building project. :)

Bob

> On Jul 23, 2014, at 17:46, Shirley Hicks <shirley at velochicdesign.com> wrote:
> 
> If you end up heading down towards the east southeast, look up Makers Local 256 in Huntsville, Alabama's oldest and most well established maker space. Tuesday evenings are when they generally welcome visitors and the general public, They are well supported by Huntsville's engineering and tech community. They've been very helpful on my visits up the road. 
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> On that same trip, you can hit Birmingham's Red Mountain Maker space, in Birmingham's Woodlawn neighborhood. We're 10 months in our space, past two years as a working group, and transitioning, bit by bit, into a reasonably well established non-profit makerspace. Sunday > Thursday evenings are interesting times to stop by, with some advance warning. With arrangement, I can also meet you at the space during the day. 
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> If you wish to continue down I-65 to the Gulf Coast, Foomatic in Montgomery, and the Mobile Makerspace are at similar points of growth. 
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> Shirley Hicks
> Board member-at-large
> Red Mountain Makers
> 5502 1st Avenue North
> Birmingham, AL 35212
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> Email: redmtnadm at redmountainmakers.org
> www.redmountainmakers.org
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>> On Jul 23, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Claudio Donndelinger <cdonndelinger at midsouthmakers.org> wrote:
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>> Anytime you'd like a tour of the Memphis Tn makerspace, Midsouth Makers, let us know!
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>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Pete Prodoehl <raster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Milwaukee Makerspace? ( in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...)
>>> 
>>> We are close to Pumping Station: One in Chicago, IL and near Madison, WI for The Bodgery and Sector67.
>>> 
>>> Pete
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>>> (Sent from a tiny pocket computer.)
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>>>> On Jul 23, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Dominic Canare <dom at makeict.org> wrote:
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>>>> MakeICT recently received a small amount of grant money to create a business plan and develop our makerspace.
>>>> 
>>>> I'd like to send a couple of our board members to a couple of different places so that we can see firsthand what your space is like. Floor plans are great, but the atmosphere has to be experienced.
>>>> 
>>>> We've lurked many of your websites/wiki's and have already learned so much from this community.​ ​ We've even modeled different aspects of our organization after some of your examples.
>>>> 
>>>> There are a couple of places ​​that we have in mind for visiting already, but I thought I'd post here first to see who might be willing to host a couple of us some time.​ ​
>>>> 
>>>> So, who's up for a visit?​
>>>> 
>>>> Dominic Canare
>>>> President, MakeICT
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