state of makerspaces 2015
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CHRISTINA HUG - FOUNDER, THE MAKERS NATION @THEMAKERSNATION | @HUGC
DIGESTS
Action Potential Lab - 451 Christie St.actionpotentiallab.ca
The Depanneur - 1033 College St.thedeppaneur.ca
The Devils Workshop - 890 Queen St Wthedevilsworkshop.ca
Digital Innovation Hub - 789 Yonge St.torontopubliclibrary.ca
Graven Feather - 906 Queen St Wgravenfeather.ca
Hacklab - 1266 Queen St. Whacklab.to
Hot Pop Factory - 215 Spadina Avehotpopfactory.com
Icewire Makerspace - 1560 Bayview Avemake.icewire.ca
Interaccess - 9 Ossington AvenueInteraccess.org
The Knit Cafe - 55 Roncesvallestheknitcafetoronto.com
Learning Labs - 483 Queen St Wladieslearningcode.com
The Make Den - 1244 Bloor St. W/50 Carroll Stthemakeden.com
MAKELAB - 1139 College StMAKELAB.ca
MakerKids - 2241 Dundas St Westmakerkids.ca
MakeWorks - 1139 College Stmakeworks.com
Purple Purl - 1162 Queen St. Ethepurplepurl.com
The Shop - 1139 College Sttheshoptoronto.ca
Site 3 coLaboratory - 718R Ossington AveSite3.ca
Toronto Tool Library - 1803 Danforth/1499 Queen W.torontotoollibrary.com
Ultimate Workshop - 22 Cariboo Ave.ultimateworkshop.ca
The Workroom - 1340 Queen St Wtheworkroom.ca
RESOURCES
CHRISTINA HUG - FOUNDER, THE MAKERS NATION @THEMAKERSNATION | @HUGC
EVENTS
THE SURVEY
100 SPACES
94 CITIES
23 COUNTRIES
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DATE OPENED
Action Potential Lab - 451 Christie St.actionpotentiallab.ca
The Depanneur - 1033 College St.thedeppaneur.ca
The Devils Workshop - 890 Queen St Wthedevilsworkshop.ca
Digital Innovation Hub - 789 Yonge St.torontopubliclibrary.ca
Graven Feather - 906 Queen St Wgravenfeather.ca
Hacklab - 1266 Queen St. Whacklab.to
Hot Pop Factory - 215 Spadina Avehotpopfactory.com
Icewire Makerspace - 1560 Bayview Avemake.icewire.ca
Interaccess - 9 Ossington AvenueInteraccess.org
The Knit Cafe - 55 Roncesvallestheknitcafetoronto.com
Learning Labs - 483 Queen St Wladieslearningcode.com
The Make Den - 1244 Bloor St. W/50 Carroll Stthemakeden.com
MAKELAB - 1139 College StMAKELAB.ca
MakerKids - 2241 Dundas St Westmakerkids.ca
MakeWorks - 1139 College Stmakeworks.com
Purple Purl - 1162 Queen St. Ethepurplepurl.com
The Shop - 1139 College Sttheshoptoronto.ca
Site 3 coLaboratory - 718R Ossington AveSite3.ca
Toronto Tool Library - 1803 Danforth/1499 Queen W.torontotoollibrary.com
Ultimate Workshop - 22 Cariboo Ave.ultimateworkshop.ca
The Workroom - 1340 Queen St Wtheworkroom.ca
IF YOU COULD GET HELP WITH ONE THING:
1. FUNDING
2. OUTREACH
3. TOOLS, ADMIN, STAFF
CONTRIBUTES MOST TO THE BOTTOM LINE
MEMBERSHIP + FEES
WORKSHOPS
INTEGRATED?
PROFILE OF THE PROFITABLE
PROFITABLE
OVERALL
CHALLENGES
Balancing education, makerspace membership and design and fabrication in a way that reaches a profitable bottom line while employing all the necessary people to keep the space functioning.
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CHALLENGES
Creating a community that sees continued value in our space. That requires people to build up their knowledge regarding tools and processes to a minimum and maintain a commitment or interest in different projects.
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CHALLENGES
Educating the community on what a makerspace is, why they would use it, and getting them to actually show up. Now that we have been open a year, and have spent two years really trying to expose our city to what we offer, we are seeing a shift in usable interest (i.e. people not just saying "That sounds cool", but people saying "That sounds cool, and I'm going to sign up for a class right now!").
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THE MAKER CHASMCRAFTSMAN
