Toolbox To Community: Inside Grand River Makerspace

About this episode

The episode explores how Grand River Makerspace in Walker, Michigan, empowers the community to create and innovate.

A city feels different when there’s a place you can walk into with a half-formed idea and walk out with something real in your hands. We sit down with Josh and Chris from Grand River Makerspace to unpack how a shared workshop in Walker, Michigan, is giving people the tools, confidence, and community to make things that matter—from five-foot 3D-printed dragons to a toddler mobility trainer built from open-source plans. We talk through what a makerspace is in plain terms: imagine a gym members...

People in this episode

Guests: Josh, Chris

Topics covered

• makerspace
• community
• 3D printing
• workshop
• innovation

Keywords

• makerspace
• community tools
• 3D printing
• workshop
• innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grand River Makerspace

Places: Walker, Michigan

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