You asked for it, you got it! We’re now offering a new membership package – Makers-to-Go. For a mere $60/month, you get 24-7 access to everything in The Brickyard – the Digital Studio, Letterpress, Electronics/Robotics, Wood and Metal shop and more – along with a lockable cubbie and warehouse shelf storage!
This is a perfect package for people who don’t need fixed studio or shop space, and just want to print/edit/tinker/solder/test/cut/clamp and weld – bring your project in, work on it in the shared spaces, put it on the shelf, and come back another day.
Thats right! We’re officially starting up our workshops, and we’re leading with some fun stuff playing with programming Python and paper crafts and circuits… cool stuff for sure, and great for any age. On top of that, we’re offering the classes on a donation basis – the suggested donation is $25, but pay what you can afford, drop in, have some fun and see what it’s all about.
The first workshop is Sunday, March 31, and the info is here: Python: Programming Punchlines. The next one is here: Paper Circuit Madness!!!, and is on Saturday, April 6th. Register, donate what you can, and come on by for all-ages fun!
Keep an eye on your inbox, we’re putting together the schedules for the other classes coming up soon… It’s going to be a great Summer at The Brickyard!
On Wednesday, Feb. 27, we were hunkering down at a hastily called Board meeting, trying to put together our plan for the member move-in day on March 2 – only a few days away. Towards the end of the meeting, somebody got on Facebook and saw we were tagged, and congratulated by, not one, but two groups – the KIPP folks and LEO – Lynn Economic Opportunity, at the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner.
What?
It wasn’t until the next morning that we heard from a few people who’d been able to attend – we’d been nominated for, and won, the Non-Profit of the Year Award!
LEO and KIPP were also nominees, and it’s hard to describe the feeling of receiving this honor with those two organizations also in the running. “An honor…” doesn’t even begin to describe it.
We’d been invited to the dinner in January, and told we’d been nominated. We had to pass it up – we’re putting every bit of our funds and time into getting off the ground, and, though we love the Chamber’s events, we simply couldn’t make it. By the time the event rolled around, the fact is, it had dropped off our radar. Our friend and supporter, Glenn Morris, who sponsored us for the membership in the Chamber, accepted the award for us.
Thanks to the mystery person who nominated us, and to the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce for the support, and for believing in us! …and especially, thanks to LEO and KIPP for all the wonderful good work you do!
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