Tuesday, March 5, 2013

John Robb — Here’s How to Build an Engine of Prosperity in Your Community


Here’s something EVERY community should have, but almost none do.
This isn’t a picture of a factory or cubicles in an office building.
It’s a makerspace. In this case, it’s the Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville, MA.
What is a makerspace? It’s a place where people in the community can go to make things....
Resilient Communities
Here’s How to Build an Engine of Prosperity in Your Community
John Robb

Link to makerspaces worldwide at bottom of post. There are a lot of them! Similar to makerspaces are tool libraries, which are now proliferating, too.

Reminds me of the free universities in the Sixties when all sorts of free courses where given by volunteers.

1 comment:

Matt Franko said...

I can't go there though, I'd never leave....

;)