MAKE SOUTH BEND has been South Bend's neighborhood makerspace for two years. And this year, we want to expand our space to provide a better makerspace for the community.

With the expanded space, we will host free monthly maker nights and hope to join forces with the MakerHive as well. This would allow community members to come in and create together, learn from each other, and use our tools and expertise for the evening. These nights will hopefully provide the catalyst our community needs to foster more entrepreneurial makers.

In our current space, we are a little cramped, but we have the chance to expand into the storefront next to ours as well. This will give us a large open space to work in and allow us to have a tech lab built in as well.