We're getting quite the turnout at the Boulder Maker Faire this weekend! Dan, Greg, Matt, and Clint are manning our aluminium foundry and keeping an eye on Max the unicorn. Come on down and see us!

Our local newspaper doesanother great article on TinkerMill!

http://www.timescall.com/business/local-business/ci_27384916/colorado-makerspaces-where-technological-innovation-meets-entrepreneurship

Nicely done denhac!  (www.denhac.org)

http://innovationews.com/social/makers-keep-multiplying-at-longmonts-tinkermill/

Seems there's quite a bit of interest in Makerspaces and Innovation Centers in general and TinkerMill in particular.

Vince Winkel from the local newspaper (The Longmont Times Call) interviewed Ron Thomas, our Executive Director!  Listen to the interview here:

https://soundcloud.com/longmont/tinkermill-interview

Longmont will be showing the tech 102 class on Channel 8!

TinkerMill Tech 102 will air on CH 8

Fri Jan 30, Sat Jan 31st, Sun Feb 1st @ 12 Noon

Mon Feb 2nd @ 10PM

Wed Feb 3rd @ 10AM

Stream available @         www.longmontchannel.com  times above

Scroll down on left to Channel 8 Live

click “Play” arrow

THANKS!!

Barbara Hau

Longmont Channel 8

Public Access Coordinator

303-776-1424

Brought to you by TinkerMill, the Longmont Makerspace with Steve Elliott.

Congrats to our friends in Loveland!  Their new, beautiful 6,200sf space just opened and, man, it's awesome!

Actually, it looks more like the largest makerspace/innovation center in this 7 state region.

We're expanding from our current 6108 SF into the space next door over the next couple of months.  We'll be taking about 1500 additional SF over in January, and another 900 SF in the first quarter of 2015 for a total of around 2414 more SF.  Total?  8,522 sf of innovation, creativity, new product and business incubation.

That doesn't only apply to space, it also applies to membership.  We have somewhere in the area of 150 regular monthly dues paying members, and about 650 members on our meetup site (people who regularly attend and participate in classes and events).  You have to go all the way to Austin, TX. to find a bigger makerspace.

We also have had around 1,000 classes and events at TinkerMill over the last year and with the expansion of our tools and teacher base this year, you'll see at least that much activity in 2015.

The City of Longmont has even granted us a $60K to put together a kick-ass prototyping lab; large format 3D printer, huge laser cutter, CNC gear, robotics and electronics gear and more).  This in addition to our already impressive workshops (wood, metal, 3D print factories and small format lasercutting).  

If you want to teach, learn, create, invent something or put together a new product, we'll have the tools, the community and the collaborative commons to make it happen.

By any measure, you guys, our membership, are rockin.  We're looking forward to even more goodness and growth in the new year.

-Scott Converse
Original Founder & President