Comment by quasse

Comment by quasse 3 days ago

Yeah, the cost of facilities is real. The best makerspace in Madison was run by a really forward-thinking guy who worked for like 10 years to get enough grants to buy a industrial space instead of rent one. Unfortunately that would be pretty much impossible here without support from a huge tech company or something.

Out of curiosity I looked at the cost of a rental industrial space in SoDo and the prices absolutely blew my hair back.

packetlost a day ago

> The best makerspace in Madison was run by a really forward-thinking guy who worked for like 10 years to get enough grants to buy a industrial space instead of rent one

Oh, I'm not familiar with that one. What's it called?

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quasse a day ago

Sector67 - run by Chris Meyer. They used to rent a building on the east side off Winnebago street (now demolished). They purchased an old warehouse off Corry St. in 2017 and did a really extensive renovation (almost entirely performed by members): https://isthmus.com/news/news/sector67-finds-new-home/
I spent a lot of hours welding, using the wood shop, and working on my car there.

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