Makerspace Coming to Decatur

Decatur Makers Closing In On Fundraising Goal of $50,000

The Scoop: 

  • Decatur Makers has raised more than $40,000 toward its start-up goal of $50,000.
  • The funds will be used to convert an unused gymnasium at First Christian Church into a makerspace, which provides tools, technology and space for people to build, create and invent.
  • Lew Lefton is serving as executive director. He is also a Georgia Tech professor in the School of Mathematics & the Director of IT in the College of Sciences.
  • The space is planning on a late-summer opening.
  • Those interested in becoming a Founding Member can support Decatur Makers with a tax-deductible charitable gift. Groups and individuals purchasing founding memberships, which combine a charitable gift with multi-year access to the makerspace,  will have their names on a Founders Wall inside the space.

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